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[Eating disorders in psychiatric patients during treatment with second generation antipsychotics]
L M Vasilenko1, L N Gorobets1, V S Bulanov1
1Moscow State Research Institute of Psychiatry, Moscow.
Aim:
To identify the frequency and characteristics of eating disorders in patients with schizophrenia treated with second generation antipsychotics.
Material And Methods:
A sample included 56 patients (48 women and 8 men, mean age 28 ± 4.5 years) with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. Patients received risperidone, quetiapine and olanzapine. The study employed clinical-anamnestic, endocrinological methods and assessment of eating behavior with DEBQ (The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire). All of the patients had extra Body mass or obesity: extra Body mass of the 1st grade was found in 18 patients (BMI<30 kg/m²) and obesity grade 2-3 in 38 patients (BMI>30 kg/m²).
Results And Conclusion:
Authors identified different types of eating disorders: external, restrictive and emotiogenic as well as the relationship of their prevalence and severity with sex, drug, presence and grade of obesity. Based on these
Results:
we developed recommendations for management of patients treated with second generation antipsychotics.
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