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JUNE 2011  
 
Professor Vaughan Carr
CEO
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The Schizophrenia Library eNewsletter is now a quarterly update, highlighting news from this useful online library.

This edition discusses one of the side effects of certain medications used to treat people with schizophrenia. Weight gain impacts on the health and self-esteem of individuals, and we discuss research findings that may be beneficial to preventing or reducing weight gained due to treatment.

 
Institute scientist
Professor Xu-Feng Huang from
University of Wollongong
   

Overcoming Weight Gain

Behavioural therapies, including nutritional counselling, have been found to be beneficial in both preventing and reducing weight gain during antipsychotic treatment for schizophrenia.
 
It is thought that this weight gain is due to a combination of several factors, such as the impact of antipsychotic medication on metabolism and unhealthy lifestyles.
 
Evidence suggests that there is significant benefit of behavioural therapies, including cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and nutritional counselling in preventing and overcoming this weight gain.
 
 “Approximately half of all patients with schizophrenia treated with atypical antipsychotics become overweight or obese as a result of treatment. These medications can affect regions of the brain that regulate appetite and eating patterns,” said Institute scientist Professor Xu-Feng Huang from the University of Wollongong.
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