Extent of weight gain in patients with first-episode psychotic disorders after one year of antipsychotic treatment in Hong Kong

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 57-61

  Wong, Mimi M C ^a  

^a CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antipsychotic agents; Overweight; Psychotic disorders; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; FLUPENTIXOL; HALOPERIDOL; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OLANZAPINE; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRIFLUOPERAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICHOLINERGIC EFFECT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; SIDE EFFECT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77954466001     PISSN: 20789947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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