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 evidence which led to the recommendations presented in the guidelines.

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

Barbui, Corrado;
2021-01-01

Abstract

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 evidence which led to the recommendations presented in the guidelines.
2021
Bipolar affective disorders
Depression
Deprivation
Ethnicity
Life expectancy
Mortality
Schizoaffective disorders
Schizophrenia
Serious mental illness
Severe mental illness
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