POSITIO N STATEMENT Diabetes, psychotic disorders and antipsychotic therapy: a consensus statement
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Office for Psychiatric Evaluation and Educational Newmedia, University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC. Tim J R Lambert, BSc, FRANZCP, Director and Associate Professor. International Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, VIC. Leon H Chapman, FRACP, Diabetologist. Reprints: Associate Professor Tim J R Lambert, OPEN, Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, 7th Floor, Charles Connibere Building, Royal Melbourne Hospital, VIC 3050. [email protected] The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 15 November 2004 181 10 544-548 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www. mja.com.au Position Statement tioners relates, on the one hand, to the high ra comorbidity in people with psychosis, perhaps antipsychotic treatment, and, on the other hand, to benefits of the newer agents in the management of Complica ng the issue is the fact that people with not very good advocates for their own medical hea face many barriers to adequate screening and treatm
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