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Dr. Jim Phelps
In addition to my practice of Psychiatry, I write PsychEducation.org, a non-profit website which presents, in 10th-grade English, 300 pages of information and references on complex topics in mental illness -- bipolar disorders, brain chemistry, important brain parts, and more. This Blog presents changes on the website; important new research results; and "What I Learned Today" -- from my patients. The website is free, but the book version below is an easier read...

Saturday, February 17, 2007

What Causes Weight Gain From Mood Medications

Finally a significant advance seems to have occurred in the understanding of the mechanism by which Zyprexa and other similar medications for bipolar disorder cause weight gain. The article in which this advance is described as not quite yet been published, but a news release which describes the results in plain English is available (thanks to N.H. for the heads up). It speaks for itself. Hopefully this will create a cascade of new results that might lead to some solutions we can use to try to prevent this huge problem.
JP

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