Trajectories of antidepressant use and 6-year change in body weight

A prospective population-based cohort study

Bibliographic Data

ID15523231
AuthorsCamille Lassale (0000-0002-9340-2708, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, corresponding author), Gabriela Lugon (0009-0008-4649-521X, Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Álvaro Hernáez (0000-0001-8593-1477, Norwegian Institute of Public Health), Philipp Frank (0000-0001-5610-3779, University College London), Jaume Marrugat (0000-0003-3320-554X, Instituto de Salud Carlos III), Rafel Ramos (0000-0001-7970-5537, Universitat de Girona), Rafael Ramos (0000-0002-4196-3108), Josep Garre‐Olmo (0000-0002-7817-0814, Universitat de Girona), Josep Garre-Olmo, Roberto Elosua (0000-0001-8235-0095, Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Year2024
Volume15
Pages1464898-1464898
Publication date2024-12-24
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Psychiatry (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1664-0640 • E-ISSN: 1664-0640
PublisherFrontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1464898
PMID39777198
OpenAlexW4405763933
LanguageEN
References cited30

In a population-based adult cohort, repeated use of antidepressants was strongly associated with weight gain. New and discontinued use was associated with weight gain, but non-significantly to obesity incidence. Given the global obesity epidemic and the widespread use of antidepressants, weight management and metabolic monitoring should be encouraged and integrated into depression follow-up guidelines alongside antidepressant prescriptions

Antidepressant · Anxiety · Body mass index · Body weight · Cohort · Cohort study · Depression (economics · Environmental health · Obesity · Population · Prospective cohort study · Psychiatry · Weight change · Weight gain · Weight loss · Demography · Diet and metabolism studies · Eating Disorders and Behaviors · Medicine · Treatment of Major Depression · Internal Medicine

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