METABOLIC SYNDROME AND PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS: INTERACTIONS, PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, ASSESSMENT & TREATMENT
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By Scott Mendelson, Medical Director, Adult Psychiatry Program, Mercy Medical Center, Oregon
Reviews
?Obesity and diabetes are a huge problem in our society along with depressive illness and anxiety disorders. Metabolic Syndrome
and Psychiatric Illness provides a lucid explanation of the emerging story linking psychiatric illnesses to metabolic disorders
such as diabetes and obesity. Mendelson shows a deep and scholarly knowledge of his topic, and an ability to explain science in a lucid
and highly readable manner. He also offers excellent advice on how to deal with Metabolic Syndrome through behavioral as well as medical
treatments.?
-Bruce McEwen, Ph.D, Alfred E. Mirsky Professor,
Head of the Harold and Margaret Milliken Hatch Laboratory of Neuroendocrinology,
The Rockefeller University, New York
?This book is magnificent. The Metabolic Syndrome, important throughout medicine, is notably relevant
for psychiatry. Mendelson, a psychiatrist with a Ph.D. in neuroendocrine research, is ideally suited for the challenge of explicating
the linkages. The book ranges broadly, from the fascinating story of how Jerry Reaven uncovered the syndrome, through the molecular underpinnings
to clinical ramifications for depression and other psychiatric disorders. Mendelson's writing is lucid, engaging and carries the reader
forward like a fine novelist. A must read for physicians of all specialties.?
-Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., Distinguished Service Professor
of Neuroscience, Pharmacology and Psychiatry, Director of the Department of Neuroscience,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, Maryland
– This book is a very timely contribution to the field of psychiatry given the intense interest and controversy
surrounding metabolic disorders as co-existing medical conditions with psychotic and mood disorders, as well as iatrogenic consequences
of certain psychopharmacological treatments. It contains a wealth of research-based, practical, clinical information about the metabolic
syndrome and its relevance to many psychiatric disorders and psychotropic agents. It is the most comprehensive and well-referenced guide
about this topic I have read. Despite my familiarity with this area of research, I learned many important new facts from reading this
well-written book. I recommend it as a unique resource not only for physicians but for all mental health professionals.?
-Henry A. Nasrallah,
M.D., Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology and Neuroscience Director of the Schizophrenia Research Program, University of Cincinnati College
of Medicine, Ohio
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