**There is a link between first-episode psychosis and insulin __
_**resistance/impaired glucose tolerance, according to the first **_
_meta-analytic review on the topic.**_
Investigators found that biochemical markers of both prediabetic
states were more common in antipsychotic-naive patients with
first-episode psychosis than in healthy peers.“Our results
suggest that there might be an intrinsic link between abnormal glycemic
control and psychosis, beneath the effects of diet, medication, and
reduced access to healthcare that are all known causes for those with
schizophrenia to suffer from diabetes,” first author Benjamin Ian Perry,
MBBS, of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, United
Kingdom, told Medscape Medical News.
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