By Rajnish Mago, MD (bio) Persons with mental health problems are more likely than others to have diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. To make things worse, some second-generation (atypical) antipsychotics are associated with metabolic side effects, including hyperlipidemia. Monitoring In persons prescribed a second-generation antipsychotic, we should check a fasting lipid profile at: – Baseline…