Significant sex differences observed for most disorders, with increased risk seen for almost all disorders among women<\/p>\n<\/h3>\n
By Elana Gotkine HealthDay Reporter<\/b><\/p>\n
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WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is associated with an increased risk for mental health diagnoses, according to a study published online May 30 in Translational Psychiatry<\/em>.<\/p>\n Michael Leutner, Ph.D., from the Medical University of Vienna, and colleagues analyzed the Austrian national registry data of inpatient services from 1997 to 2014 to examine associations between a hospital diagnosis of obesity and psychiatric disorders. The directions of the associations were also assessed.<\/p>\n The researchers found that across all age groups, receiving a diagnosis of obesity was associated with significantly increased odds for a large spectrum of psychiatric disorders, including depression, psychosis-spectrum, anxiety, eating, and personality disorders. Obesity was significantly more often the diagnosis received first for all co-diagnoses except for psychosis-spectrum. Significant sex differences were found for most disorders, with increased risk for all disorders except schizophrenia and nicotine addiction for women.<\/p>\n “Routine screenings for depressive episodes, anxiety and somatization, psychosis-spectrum such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective as well as personality disorders are called for whenever establishing a diagnosis of obesity,” the authors write. “Increases in risk for being diagnosed with a mental health disorder following a diagnosis of obesity were shown to be long lasting.”<\/p>\n