NMIH302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Early Intervention In Psychosis, World Health Organization, Behavioral Activation
Document Summary
There is substantial evidence in australia and internationally that the risk factors for chronic physical disease are higher among people living with severe and persistent mental illness than in the general population. A 2015 review of 25 unique studies internationally found that people with schizophrenia are 2. 5 times more likely to have diabetes compared with the general population. Similarly, high rates of, and risk for, metabolic syndrome have been documented in bipolar disorder, depression and other mental disorders such as post-traumatic stress disorder. People with severe mental illness are less likely to receive high quality medical care than those without severe mental illness and to have higher mortality from cancer. This appears to be the case despite higher rates of primary care attendance for those with mental illness. Additional monitoring would result in the earlier detection of physical health problems.
