Awareness of metabolic concerns in patients with bipolar disorder: A survey of European psychiatrists                                       

Source: European Psychiatry 2008; 23 (3): 169-177

Objective:  Psychiatrists in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, and Italy were surveyed from April to June 2006....

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