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Addressing the physical health of people with serious mental illness : a potential solution for an enduring problem

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posted on 2016-03-01, 00:00 authored by B Happell, Cadeyrn GaskinCadeyrn Gaskin, R Stanton
People with serious mental illness face significant inequalities in physical health care. As a result, the risk of cardiometabolic disorders and premature mortality is far greater than that observed in the general population. Contributiung to this disparity, is the lack of routine physical health screening by mental health clinicians. One possible solution is the implimentation of a physical health nurse consultant, whose role is to monitor and coordinate the physical health care of people with serious mental illness. Current evidence supports the implimentation of such a role, and a failure to address the widening gaps in physical health care will only serve to increase the disparities faced by people with serious mental illness.

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Journal

International journal of social psychiatry

Volume

62

Issue

2

Pagination

201 - 202

Publisher

Sage Publications

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

0020-7640

eISSN

1741-2854

Language

eng

Publication classification

C Journal article; C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2015, The Authors

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