Dr. Susan L. Mcelroy Summary

These health problems, of course, include problems in mental health just as much as physical. Multiple studies have shown that obesity can be both a result and a cause of a variety of mental disorders, especially in young women. Dr. Susan L. Mcelroy found in her article “Are Mood Disorders and Obesity Related? A Review for the Mental Health Professional” for The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry not only that children and adolescents with disorders such as Major Depressive Disorder and Bipolar Disorder were more likely to be overweight, but also that they were at a higher risk of becoming overweight due to symptoms of their mental disorders and side effects of their medication. She also discovered that females who exhibited atypical depression