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In brief: Schizophrenia and the metabolic syndrome
In Brief
Schizophrenia and the metabolic syndrome
Results from the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) study show that people with schizophrenia, especially women, are exceptionally vulnerable to the metabolic syndrome.
This set of health risks includes at least three of the following:
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