Prevention and management of physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders: WHO recommendations

Prevention and management of physical health conditions in adults with severe mental disorders: WHO recommendations

Abstract Background People with severe mental disorders (SMD) experience premature mortality mostly from preventable physical causes. The World Health Organization (WHO) have recently produced guidelines on the prevention and management of physical health conditions in SMD. This paper presents the e...

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Main Authors: Petra C. Gronholm, Neerja Chowdhary, Corrado Barbui, Jayati Das-Munshi, Kavitha Kolappa, Graham Thornicroft, Maya Semrau, Tarun Dua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:International Journal of Mental Health Systems
Subjects:
Severe mental illness
Schizophrenia
Bipolar affective disorders
Depression
Life expectancy
Mortality
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13033-021-00444-4

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