Improving metabolic monitoring in patients maintained on antipsychotics in Penang, Malaysia.

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To evaluate the monitoring of metabolic parameters among outpatients maintained on antipsychotic medications in a general hospital setting in Malaysia and to assess the impact of a local monitoring protocol.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Australas Psychiatry

Title: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISSN (Electronic): 1440-1665

ISSN (Print): 1039-8562

Publication date (Electronic): Feb 2016

Volume: 24

Issue: 1

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[1 ] 3rd Year Medical Student, School of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University College Dublin (UCD), Belfield, Dublin, Ireland.

[2 ] Research Officer, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia.

[3 ] Lecturer, Department of Pre-University Studies, Disted College, Penang, Malaysia.

[4 ] Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Penang Medical College, Penang, Malaysia.

[5 ] Senior Lecturer, Department of Psychiatry, Penang Medical College, Penang, Malaysia.

[6 ] Consultant Psychiatrist, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia.

[7 ] Clinical Director, Department of Psychiatry, Penang General Hospital, Penang, Malaysia.

[8 ] Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland vincentrussell@rcsi.ie.

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Publisher Item ID: 1039856215604484

DOI: 10.1177/1039856215604484

PubMed ID: 26400455

SO-VID: 15282c66-1a7d-4f22-a1e8-c5c35e7f426c

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Keywords: Malaysia,antipsychotic agents,cultural issues,mental disorders,metabolic monitoring,metabolic syndrome,patient monitoring,staff behaviour,waist circumference

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Keywords: Malaysia, antipsychotic agents, cultural issues, mental disorders, metabolic monitoring, metabolic syndrome, patient monitoring, staff behaviour, waist circumference

Improving metabolic monitoring in patients maintained on antipsychotics in Penang, Malaysia.

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