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Redefining mental healthcare: Going multidisciplinary to manage multimorbidity
journal contribution
posted on 07.06.2021, 21:16 authored by Simon Rosenbaum, Grace McKeon, Brendon Stubbs, Megan Teychenne, Alexandra Parker, Robert StantonRobert Stanton, Felipe Schuch, Armit Mistry, Zachary Steel, Joseph FirthPeople with mental illness are twice as likely to develop cardiovascular, respiratory, infectious and metabolic diseases compared with the general population.1This disparity in health occurs from the earliest presentation of mental ill health and affects people across the life span,1 reducing life expectancy by 15–30 years compared with the general population.2 This poor physical health, as well as the associated widening mortality gap,3 has been described as a ‘human rights scandal’.2 This problem led to a Lancet Psychiatry Commission1 on protecting the physical health of people living with mental illness, with a focus on prevention and early intervention across all levels of treatment. The Lancet Psychiatry Commission outlines advances in our understanding of the link between physical and mental health, summarising findings from over 100 systematic reviews and meta-analyses, providing a practical blueprint towards protecting the physical health of this vulnerable population.1 Importantly, the blueprint recommends that all people living with mental illness have access to exercise and dietary interventions as part of routine mental healthcare.
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Volume
55Issue
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1End Page
3Number of Pages
3eISSN
1473-0480ISSN
0306-3674Location
EnglandPublisher
B M J GroupPublisher DOI
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engPeer Reviewed
YesOpen Access
NoAcceptance Date
12/05/2020External Author Affiliations
Western Sydney University; Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil; King's College London, UK; University of New South Wales; Victoria UniversityAuthor Research Institute
Appleton InstituteEra Eligible
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Print-ElectronicJournal
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Mental illnessMultimorbidityMental healthcarePhysical healthPhysical health symptomsEvidence-based lifestyle interventionscardiovascularimplementationphysical activitypreventionpsychiatryDiet, HealthyExercise TherapyHealthy LifestyleHumansMental DisordersMental Health ServicesSport SciencesEngineeringMedical and health sciencesEducation