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Nutrition in Schizophrenia
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: Received: 18 September 2023 / Approved: 19 September 2023 / Online: 19 September 2023 (08:27:10 CEST)
How to cite: Seeman, M.V. Nutrition in Schizophrenia. Preprints 2023, 2023091258. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1258.v1 Seeman, M.V. Nutrition in Schizophrenia. Preprints 2023, 2023091258. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202309.1258.v1
Abstract
Severe mental illness such as schizophrenia is associated with factors such as unemployment, meagre per capita income, and residence in disadvantaged, poorly resourced neighbourhoods. This means difficult access to healthy food and is particularly problematic for pregnant women and mothers with children to feed. Eating problems are also linked to the necessity of taking antipsychotic drugs that often lead to serious cognitive, psychological, and behavioural sequelae. Psychosis makes it extremely difficult to maintain a healthy diet; nutritional deficiencies result, as do medical complications. The results of present literature review confirm the gravity of the problem and suggest a number of potentially useful interventions.
Keywords
Schizophrenia; Nutritional deficiencies; Women; Antipsychotics; Poverty
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Behavioral Sciences
Copyright: This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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