caa a22 4500 386353859 CHVBK 20180307111843.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198902 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0033291700011065 doi S0033291700011065 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0033291700011065 Abnormal diurnal weight gain among chronically psychotic patients contrasted with acutely psychotic patients and normals [Elektronische Daten] We found diurnal weight gain to be abnormal among 28 institutionalized chronically psychotic patients. They were weighed daily for 15 days at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. We normalized the diurnal weight gain (NDWG) as a percentage by subtracting the 7 a.m. weight from the 4 p.m. weight, multiplying the difference by 100, and then dividing the result by the 7 a.m. weight. NDWG was 2·8 ± 1·3% for the 28 study patients, 0·631 ±0·405% for 16 acutely psychotic controls, and 0·511 ±0·351 % for 29 normals. Ninety-three per cent of the study sample had NDWG values above the upper limit of normal. Sex, diagnosis, smoking, baseline weight, blood pressure, and pulse did not explain these observations. NDWG related (N = 28, r = 0·552, P = 0·002) to antipsychotic drug dose. The implications of our findings are discussed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Vieweg W. V. R. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Godleski L. S. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Mitchell M. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Hundley P. L. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Yank G. R. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 19/1(1989-02), 105-109 0033-2917 19:1<105 1989 19 PSM https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700011065 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700011065 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Vieweg W. V. R. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Godleski L. S. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mitchell M. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hundley P. L. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Yank G. R. Clinical Evaluation Service, Western State Hospital, Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Commonwealth of Virginia and the Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry and the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 19/1(1989-02), 105-109 0033-2917 19:1<105 1989 19 PSM CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge