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About weight gain or loss as a side-effect of psychotropic medication. Which drugs cause this side-effect and how to cope with the weight changes.
Bipolar Weight Loss Program
From your About Guides to Bipolar Disorder. Band together with other community members and support each other in slimming down.
Weight Matters
Diet expert says antidepressant weight gain can be countered through carbohydrate control along with a proper regimen of diet and exercise.
Anorexia Nervosa : Pharmacologic Treatments
This article discusses the antidepressants which may be helpful in treating this condition.
Eating Disorders and Depression
A collection of abstracts from Dr. Ivan Goldberg dealing with this topic. If you are interested in the current literature in this area, this is a good place to start reading.
Low Cholesterol Levels May Be Linked to Depression, Anxiety
This report from research at Duke University.
Taking Prozac to Stay Thin?
Antidepressant edges Out Xenical and Meridia in helping diabetic people shed pounds.
Weight Gain With Medications
Question and answer from The Mental Health Forum. The questioner has gained 60 pounds on a combination of medications.

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