Shuichi Suetani and Sharon Lawn explore a recent viewpoint article on physical health problems in psychosis, which asks: Is it time to consider the views of family carers?
[read the full story...]Preventing mental illness, at long last
Peter Byrne, the Public Mental Health lead at the Royal College of Psychiatrists, welcomes a new BMA report entitled: “Tackling the Causes – promoting public mental health and investing in prevention”.
[read the full story...]Physical health inequalities in primary care
Andy Bell from Centre for Mental Health and the Equally Well UK collaborative, calls for action in response to the Public Health England briefing on severe mental illness and physical health inequalities.
[read the full story...]Collaborative care for depression and physical multimorbidity: clinically and cost-effective over the long term
Gemma Shields summarises the findings of a cluster RCT looking at the long-term clinical and cost-effectiveness of collaborative care (versus usual care) for people with mental-physical multimorbidity.
[read the full story...]Quality of general hospital care through the liaison psychiatry lens?
Kirsten Lawson explores a recent study of liaison psychiatry professionals’ views of general hospital care for patients with mental illness.
[read the full story...]Home eviction and health inequalities
Ian Cummins considers a recent systematic review on the threat of home eviction and its effects on health through the equity lens.
[read the full story...]Peer support for physical health improvement: recovering ‘stolen years’?
Lucy Simons discusses whether peer support interventions can help to provide physical health improvements for people living with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Integrated care for the physical health of people with severe mental illness: no easy answers
Liz Hughes summarises a recent rapid review on integrated care to address the physical health needs of people with severe mental illness.
[read the full story...]Bringing together physical and mental health: King’s Fund report on integrated care
Kirsten Lawson takes us through the key messages from the recent King’s Fund report on bringing together physical and mental health.
[read the full story...]What impact are psychotropic drugs having on our physical health?
John Baker summarises the findings of a recent review of people with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and depression. The study looks at the adverse effects on physical health of psychotropic drugs (antipsychotics, antidepressants and mood stabilisers).
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