Weight loss in persons with serious mental illness

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 369, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 485-487

  Pagoto, Sherry ^a   Lemon, Stephenie ^a   Whiteley, Jessica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL SERVICE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIZATIONAL DOWNSIZING; ORGANIZATIONAL EFFICIENCY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; REHABILITATION CARE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; NOTE; OBESITY;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OBESITY; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84880896692     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1306994     Document Type: Letter

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