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Physical health of people with mental illness: time for action

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Brenda Happell, David Scott, Chris Platania-Phung, Janette Nankivell
People diagnosed with a serious mental illness are likely to die 20-25 years earlier than the general population as a result of treatable physical health conditions. In what other area of health would this be tolerated? And yet in mental health it is not only happening it is getting worse.

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Category 3 - Industry and Other Research Income

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Volume

20

Issue

1

Start Page

39

End Page

39

Number of Pages

1

ISSN

1320-3185

Location

Australia

Publisher

Australian Nursing Federation

Language

en-aus

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  • No

Open Access

  • No

External Author Affiliations

Institute for Health and Social Science Research (IHSSR); Institute for Health and Social Science Research (IHSSR);

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Journal

Australian nursing journal.

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    Keywords

    Serious mental illnessLife expectancyMental health practiceMental Health Nursing

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