Addressing the physical health of people with serious mental illness
A potential solution for an enduring problem
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19271963 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brenda Happell (0000-0002-7293-6583, SYNERGY: Nursing and Midwifery Research Centre, University of Canberra and ACT Health, Canberra, ACT, Australia), Cadeyrn J Gaskin (0000-0001-5240-4320, Gaskin Research, Melbourne, VIC, Australia), Robert Stanton (0000-0002-6684-5087, Central Queensland University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 201-202 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Social Psychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7640 • E-ISSN: 1741-2854 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020764015621771 |
| PMID | 26714761 |
| OpenAlex | W2401361031 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 10 |
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
Environmental health · Health care · Mental health · Mental illness · Physical health · Physical illness · Population · Psychiatry · Cardiac Health and Mental Health · Medicine · Psychology · Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments · Schizophrenia research and treatment
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |