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References for "Metabolic syndrome and mental illness"

AUG 2011

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“Advancing the Treatment of People with Mental Illness: A Call to Action in the Management of Metabolic Issues,” Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (June 2005): Vol. 66, No. 6, pp. 790–98. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=15960576

Baptista T, et al. “Metformin as an Adjunctive Treatment to Control Body Weight and Metabolic Dysfunction During Olanzapine Administration: A Multicentric, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial,” Schizophrenia Research (July 2007): Vol. 93, No. 1-3, pp. 99–108. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17490862

Ehret M, et al. “The Effect of Metformin on Anthropometrics and Insulin Resistance in Patients Receiving Atypical Antipsychotic Agents: A Meta-Analysis,” Journal of Clinical Psychiatry (Oct. 2010): Vol. 71, No. 10, pp. 1286–92. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=20441727

Faulkner G, et al. “Interventions to Reduce Weight Gain in Schizophrenia,” Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (2007): Doc. No. CD005148. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=17253540

Ford ES, et al. “Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome Among U.S. Adults: Findings from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,” Journal of the American Medical Association (Jan. 16, 2002): Vol. 287, No. 3, pp. 356–59. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=11790215

Newcomer JW. “Metabolic Syndrome and Mental Illness,” American Journal of Managed Care (Nov. 2007): Vol. 13, No. 7 Suppl, pp. S170–77. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18041878

Wu RR, et al. “Lifestyle Intervention and Metformin for Treatment of Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain: A Randomized Controlled Trial,” Journal of the American Medical Association (Jan. 9, 2008): Vol. 299, No. 2, pp. 185–93. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18182600

Wu RR, et al. “Metformin Addition Attenuates Olanzapine-Induced Weight Gain in Drug-Naive First-Episode Schizophrenia Patients: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study,” American Journal of Psychiatry (March 2008): Vol. 165, No. 3, pp. 352–58. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=18245179

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