Due to poor eating habits, insufficient physical activity, and nicotine use, schizophrenia
patients are at increased risk of lifestyle diseases. Factors contributing to unhealthy …

Introduction: The life expectancy of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) is shortened by
15-20 years compared to the average population. This is mainly due to cardiovascular …

Pica as a scavenging behavior represents a serious health hazard to the care of patients
with schizophrenia. Despite the rare comorbidity of pica eating disorder and schizophrenia …

Social support is a vital factor in promoting physical and psychological well-being. The cross-
sectional survey research design was adopted to validate the Multidimensional Scale of …

Background The hypothalamus is central to many hormonal and autonomous nervous
system pathways. Emerging evidence indicates that these pathways may be disrupted in …

Methods. We used Discriminant Analysis to test predictive power of the model and of the
single variables included in it. 236 oncological patients (mean age 55.50±13.09) were …

Background: Despite the burgeoning data on the double burden of malnutrition (DBM) in
sub-Saharan Africa, longitudinal studies to examine malnutrition amongst first-episode …

Although pica is commonly associated with nutritional deficiencies, it is also observed in
psychiatric disorders such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and less commonly in …

Aim We aimed to further elucidate the under‐researched, underdiagnosed and
misunderstood comorbid pica in the context of psychosis. Method We report a case of teen …

Background Little research has addressed maladaptive eating behaviors among patients
with schizophrenia. Pica, the eating of nonfood items, and coprophagia, the consumption of …