The health of people attending residential treatment for alcohol and other drug use: Prevalence of and risks for major lifestyle diseases

I Ingram, FP Deane, AL Baker… - Drug and alcohol …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Cardiovascular disease and cancers are the leading cause of mortality amongst
people accessing treatment for alcohol and other drug use. The current study aimed to …

The potential impact of a public health approach to improving the physical health of people living with mental illness

R Roberts, C Johnson, M Hopwood, J Firth… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
With already wide disparities in physical health and life expectancy, COVID-19 presents
people with mental illness with additional threats to their health: decreased access to health …

Why Do People with Severe Mental Illness Have Poor Cardiovascular Health?—The Need for Implementing a Recovery-Based Self-Management Approach

S Zabeen, S Lawn, A Venning… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
People with severe mental illness (SMI) die significantly earlier than their well counterparts,
mainly due to preventable chronic conditions such as cardiovascular disease (CVD). Based …

Increasing chronic disease preventive care in community mental health services: clinician-generated strategies

C Fehily, B Jackson, V Hansen, T Stettaford, K Bartlem… - BMC psychiatry, 2023 - Springer
Background People with a mental health condition experience a high prevalence of chronic
disease risk behaviours eg, tobacco smoking and physical inactivity. Recommended …

[HTML][HTML] Shared guidelines and protocols to achieve better health outcomes for people living with serious mental illness

M Morgan, MJ Hopwood, JA Dunbar - The Medical Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
People living with serious mental illness have poor physical health leading to many years
lived with chronic diseases and an average loss of 20 years' life expectancy. Most of this …

Risk prevalence, readiness and confidence to change lifestyle risk factors among clients of community mental health services

T Stettaford, C Fehily, E Campbell… - Australian & New …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: People with mental health conditions have high rates of chronic physical
diseases, partially attributable to lifestyle risks factors. This study examined risk prevalence …

[HTML][HTML] The Being Equally Well national policy roadmap: providing better physical health care and supporting longer lives for people living with serious mental illness

RV Calder, JA Dunbar… - The Medical Journal of …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
There is a stark divide of up to 23 years between the life expectancy of people living with
serious mental illness, and that of their age peers in the population. More than 400 000 …

[HTML][HTML] Workforce development for better management of physical comorbidities among people with serious mental illness

KP Mc Namara, S Rosenbaum, T Rocks… - The Medical Journal …, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Workforce development for better management of physical comorbidities among people with
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Can improvement in delivery of smoking cessation care be sustained in psychiatry inpatient settings through a system change intervention? An analysis of statewide …

S Plever, S Kisely, B Bonevski… - Australian & New …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: This study evaluated maintenance of improved delivery of smoking cessation
assistance in adult acute psychiatry inpatient units 3 years post statewide implementation of …

The Living Well, Living Longer program: an integrated care strategy to improve the health of people living with severe mental illness

A Simpson, L Parcsi, A McDonald - Australian Health Review, 2024 - CSIRO Publishing
Living Well, Living Longer (The Program) is an integrated care strategy to improve the
physical health of people living with severe mental illness within a public mental health …