Metabolic Syndrome at an Outpatient Clinic for Bipolar Disorders: A Case for Systematic Somatic Monitoring

Mirjam Simoons1, Hans Mulder1, Bennard Doornbos1

  • 1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Wilhelmina Hospital Assen, Assen, the Netherlands (Simoons, Mulder); Interdisciplinary Centre for Psychopathology and Emotion Regulation, Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands (Simoons, Schoevers, Ruhé); Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom (Ruhé); Outpatient Clinics and Department of Specialized Training, Psychiatric Hospital Mental Health Services Drenthe, Assen, the Netherlands (Mulder, Doornbos, Raats, Cath); Rob Giel Research Center, University Center for Psychiatry, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen (Bruggeman); Unit of Pharmacotherapy, Epidemiology, and Economics, Department of Pharmacy, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands, and Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, the Netherlands (van Roon).

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