The experience of weight gain as a result of taking second-generation antipsychotic medications: The mental health consumer perspective

Kim Usher; Tanya Park; Kim FOSTER

doi:10.1111/jpm.12019

The experience of weight gain as a result of taking second-generation antipsychotic medications: The mental health consumer perspective

Kim Usher, Tanya Park, Kim FOSTER

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This interpretive qualitative study aimed to describe and construct the meaning of the experience of living with the weight gain associated with second-generation antipsychotics. A qualitative study that incorporated the tenets of phenomenology and utilized in-depth interviews was conducted with eight mental health consumers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	801-806
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing
Volume	20
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12019
Publication status	Published - 2013
Externally published	Yes

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