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First‐episode schizophrenia linked to increased risk of diabetes
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the brown university child and adolescent psychopharmacology update
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7567
pISSN - 1527-8395
DOI - 10.1002/cpu.30197
Subject(s) - schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , citation , psychiatry , diabetes mellitus , psychology , type 2 diabetes , medicine , computer science , world wide web , endocrinology
Patients with schizophrenia are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, independent of medication use, according to new research. The study results have major implications and should be considered a “wake‐up call,” they said.