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Obesity comorbidity in unipolar major depressive disorder: refining the core phenotype.
The Journal of clinical psychiatry - 1 Aug 2012
Levitan Robert D, Davis Caroline, Kaplan Allan S, Arenovich Tamara, Phillips D I W, Ravindran Arun V
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OBJECTIVE: While a significant body of research has demonstrated high comorbidity rates between depression and obesity, the vast majority of this work has considered depression as a unitary diagnosis. Given that increased appetite and weight gain are highly characteristic of the "atypical" subtype of depression, while classic depression is characterized by decreased appetite and weight loss, it would be important...
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