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Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Neuropsychiatric Disease

By Natalie L. Rasgon, Standford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, USA

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Book Specifications

  • Available to Purchase
  • Published: April 2008
  • ISBN: 9780849382086
  • eISBN: 9781420091465
  • First Edition
  • 168 pages
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Size: 6" x 9"
  • 6 Black and White Illustrations

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The first book of its kind to tie the metabolic syndrome with psychiatric disorders, and the possibility that common antipsychotic treatments may be having an adverse effect on patients.



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With contributions by 11 international experts, this groundbreaking book ties the metabolic syndrome with psychiatric disorders, and explores the possibility that common antipsychotic treatments may be having an adverse effect on patients.

Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Neuropsychiatric Disease describes:

  • insulin resistance syndrome
  • psychiatric and cognitive disorders
  • impact of treatment of psychiatric disorders on metabolic function
  • insulin resistance as a link between affective disorders and Alzheimer’s disease

And also examines:

  • the metabolic syndrome, including its relationships with diseases of the central nervous system, as well as new treatments to help prevent metabolic complications among patients with neuropsychiatric illnesses

Presenting a complete overview and the relationship between insulin resistance syndrome, and psychiatric and cognitive disorders, Insulin Resistance Syndrome and Neuropsychiatric Disease will be a welcome update to any psychiatrist’s, neurologist’s, endocrinologist’s, and research scientist’s library.