People with serious mental illness have higher morbidity and mortality rates of chronic diseases than the general population. This discussion paper explores the complex reasons for these disparities in health, such as limitations of health services, the effects of having a serious mental illness, health behaviours and the effects of psychotropic medication. Physical health can be enhanced by im...

1 Persons with serious mental illness suffer from increased rates of comorbidity and die, on average, 25 years earlier than persons in the general population (1). Such morbidity has prompted searches for remedies, which have focused both on patients’ lifestyle (for example, smoking) and clinical practice (for example, physician-directed action). According to one recent study, compared with pati...

background while colorectal cancer (crc) is one of the most preventable causes of cancer mortality, it is one of the leading causes of cancer death in canada where crc screening uptake is suboptimal. given the increased rate of mortality and morbidity among mental health patients, their condition could be a potential barrier to crc screening due to greater difficulties in adhering to behaviours...

introduction : this study was carried out to estimate toothache prevalence among adult residents in kerman. materials and methods: this cross-sectional, population-based study was conducted among individuals aged over 18 years ( n =1800). the relevant data on the prevalence of toothache and associated factors were collected by interviewing the individuals in their homes and filling out a questi...

BACKGROUND Mental symptoms are prevalent among populations, but their associations with premature mortality are inadequately understood. We examined whether mental symptoms contribute to cause-specific mortality among midlife employees, while considering key covariates. METHODS Baseline mail survey data from 2000-02 included employees, aged 40-60, of the City of Helsinki, Finland (n = 8960, 8...

BACKGROUND The oral health of patients with severe mental illness is poor, in general, and this may be attributed, in part, to inadequate dental care. This study investigated dental care utilization among patients with severe mental illness using a national representative sample. METHODS This study used Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Dataset for 2009. Patients with the diagnosis ...