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'Mind and body' : a lifestyle programme for people on antipsychotic medication Jones, Amanda, Benson, Anthony, Griffiths, Sarah, Berk, Michael and Dodd, Seetal 2009, 'Mind and body' : a lifestyle programme for people on antipsychotic medication, Journal of evaluation of clinical practice, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 276-280. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title 'Mind and body' : a lifestyle programme for people on antipsychotic medication Author(s) Jones, Amanda Benson, Anthony Griffiths, Sarah Berk, Michael Dodd, Seetal Journal name Journal of evaluation of clinical practice Volume number 15 Issue number 2 Start page 276 End page 280 Total pages 5 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Place of publication Oxford, England Publication date 2009-04 ISSN 1356-1294 1365-2753 Keyword(s) antipsychotic medication mental health lifestyle program Summary Rationale Psychiatric illnesses such as schizophrenia and their treatments have consequences in terms of lifestyle, diet and weight. Aims and objectives ‘Mind and Body’ is a 10-week programme of weekly sessions aimed to improve the health status of people treated with second generation antipsychotic medications. Methods The programme focuses on a range of lifestyle strategies including diet and exercise and was conducted at a Community Health Centre by professionally qualified staff. Between 2002 and 2006, 50 participants enrolled in, and 30 completed the programme. Measures of body weight, health status (Short Form-36) and blood markets (plasma glucose, haemoglobin A1c and lipid profile) were collected at commencement and completion of the programme. Results A modest improvement was demonstrated in mean values for the majority of measures collected. Conclusions A lifestyle program for people treated with antipsychotic medications is achievable and may be worthwhile although gains may be modest. Language eng Field of Research 119999 Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2009, The Authors Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30035638 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 22 Jun 2011, 12:41:44 EST Tue, 18 Oct 2011, 12:56:05 EST Tue, 18 Oct 2011, 13:01:33 EST Tue, 18 Oct 2011, 13:02:20 EST Tue, 18 Oct 2011, 13:03:27 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 18:25:41 EST Thu, 11 Dec 2014, 17:11:41 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 1 times in TR Web of Science Cited 1 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 79 Abstract Views, 4 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 22 Jun 2011, 12:41:43 EST

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