Factors related to metabolic parameters in medicated patients with major depressive disorder - a naturalistic study

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a major mental illness that caused individuals and society's burden because of its chronic disability course (Burcusa and Iacono, 2007; World Health Organization, 2008; Sheehan et  al., 2017). Not only disease itself, pharmacological and psychosocial treatment must consider coexisting physical condition, because it may influence prognosis and design of individual's treatment program. Metabolic syndrome is characterized with abdominal obesity, abnormal blood pressure, impaire d glucose metabolism and lipid profile (Wu et al., 2010).

Source: Psychiatry Research - July 2, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Chia-Jung Lee, Lan-Ting Lee, Hsin Chun Tsai, Wei Hung Chang, I Hui Lee, Kao Chin Chen, Hui Hua Chang, Po See Chen, Yen Kuang Yang Source Type: research