APA Looking Beyond: Metabolic Psychiatry: Emerging Science and Equity Implications-Resource Handout

Resource Handout

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The document is a resource and reading list for the American Psychiatric Association’s “Looking Beyond” series on metabolic psychiatry and its equity implications. It links to clinical, academic, and educational resources focused on the relationship between metabolism and mental health.<br /><br />The cited research covers several areas: strategies to prevent or reduce antipsychotic-related weight gain in schizophrenia, including metformin and other medications; ketogenic diet approaches for serious mental illness; and metabolic health clinics for people with severe mental illness. Listed studies include systematic reviews and meta-analyses, a randomized controlled trial examining ketogenic diets and psychosis symptoms, and a retrospective review of a psychiatrist-led metabolic health clinic.<br /><br />Additional references address binge-eating disorder and bulimia, including a medication trial and a case series on ketogenic diets. The collection also includes broader reviews on metabolic health in schizophrenia and metabolic psychiatry frameworks.<br /><br />Overall, the materials present metabolic health as a potentially important dimension of psychiatric care and point readers toward emerging research and treatment approaches. While equity is highlighted in the series title, the document itself provides resource citations rather than discussing specific equity findings or recommendations.

Keywords

metabolic psychiatry

mental health

schizophrenia

antipsychotic weight gain

metformin

ketogenic diet

metabolic health clinic

binge-eating disorder

bulimia

systematic review