South Asia's silent struggle: severe mental illness patients suffer increased burden of physical illness https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=174987

An international group of experts from the University of York CADA Implementation Science Summer School summarise a recent study on the prevalence of physical health conditions and health risk behaviours in people with severe mental illness in South Asia (Bangladesh, India and Pakistan).

#MortalityGap #LMICs #MentalHealth #PhysicalHealth #Comorbidities

Integrating smoking cessation treatment into routine care for people with mental illness: how will the NHS cope? https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=174042

Amelia Talbot summarises a qualitative study on people’s views of integrating smoking cessation treatment into routine care for people with mental illness. 

#Smoking #SmokingCessation #MentalHealth #NHSTalkingTherapies #IntegratedCare #RoutineCare #HealthInequalities #MortalityGap

Addressing premature mortality in mental illness: the #GoneTooSoon framework

https://www.nationalelfservice.net/?p=168652

Alvin Richards-Belle and Humma Andleeb review the Gone Too Soon framework, published yesterday in The Lancet Psychiatry, which suggests priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress.

#SuicidePrevention #MortalityGap #MentalHealth #PhysicalHealth #Comorbidities #Inequalities