Obesity in Schizophrenia receiving outpatient treatment in regional hospital in Malaysia

• Main Authors: A.Talib, Norlelawati, Abdullah, Kartini, Musa, Ramli, Kuzaifah, Norsidah, Wan Sulaiman, Wan Azizi, Abdul Razak, Tariq
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/21237/1/Poster_Irie_2012_%28drlela%29.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/21237/; http://www.iium.edu.my/irie/12/index.php/guidelines-for-iriie-submission
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Obesity is an issue of concern among schizophrenia, since obesity is a co-morbid condition that is closely related to metabolic syndrome phenomenon. There are also concerns on the use of atypical anti-psychotic for inducement of obesity. Objective: This present study was done to assess the distrib...