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Bipolar disorder and metabolic syndrome: a systematic review

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The overall results point to the presence of an association between BD and MS, as well as between their subcomponents.
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This article is published in Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria.The article was published on 2013-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 80 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Bipolar disorder & Mania.

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The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

Joseph Firth, +56 more
TL;DR: This Commission summarises advances in understanding on the topic of physical health in people with mental illness, and presents clear directions for health promotion, clinical care, and future research.
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Is there a "metabolic-mood syndrome"? A review of the relationship between obesity and mood disorders.

TL;DR: Accumulating evidence indicates that there is a consistent association of multiple abnormalities in neuropsychological constructs, as well as correspondent brain abnormalities, with broad-based metabolic dysfunction, suggesting, therefore, that the existence of a "metabolic-mood syndrome" is possible.
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Metabolic syndrome and major depression

TL;DR: Metabolic risk should be routinely assessed in depressed patients and taken into account in therapeutic decisions, including cytokines and their receptors, intracellular inflammatory mediators, glucocorticoids receptors, O&NS pathways, and peripheral mediators.
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Clinical and health services relationships between major depression, depressive symptoms, and general medical illness

TL;DR: Patients with chronic medical illness have a high prevalence of major depressive illness, and increasing evidence suggests that both depressive symptoms and major depression may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality from such illnesses as diabetes and heart disease.
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Inflammation and the Phenomenology, Pathophysiology, Comorbidity, and Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: A Systematic Review of the Literature

TL;DR: Inflammation appears relevant to bipolar disorder across several important domains and further research is warranted to parse the reciprocal associations between inflammation and symptoms, comorbidities, and treatments in bipolar disorder.
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Depression and cardiovascular disease: mechanisms of interaction.

TL;DR: Seven potential mechanisms for the relationship between depression and cardiovascular disease are reviewed and the available evidence surrounding each mechanism is presented.
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Allostatic load in bipolar disorder: implications for pathophysiology and treatment.

TL;DR: Al provides an explanatory link to apparently unrelated findings such as cognitive impairment and higher rates of physical comorbidity and mortality that are observed in the course of BD and further highlight the importance of effective long-term prophylaxis.
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Metabolic syndrome in bipolar disorder: findings from the Bipolar Disorder Center for Pennsylvanians.

TL;DR: The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in patients with bipolar disorder is alarmingly high, as it is for the general population, and the findings are a reason for concern, considering the difficulty in implementing prevention and treatment programs in the bipolar population.
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