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ArticleThe British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science2017

Improving life expectancy in people with serious mental illness: should we place more emphasis on primary prevention?

Athif Ilyas, Edward Chesney, Rashmi Patel

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Article in The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Athif IlyasAthif Ilyas, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Edward Chesney, BM, BCh, Rashmi Patel, BM, BCh, PhD, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Edward ChesneyAthif Ilyas, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Edward Chesney, BM, BCh, Rashmi Patel, BM, BCh, PhD, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK.
Rashmi PatelAthif Ilyas, Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Edward Chesney, BM, BCh, Rashmi Patel, BM, BCh, PhD, Department of Psychosis Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK rcpsych@rpatel.co.uk.

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K002813/1Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

People with serious mental illness have a reduced life expectancy that is partly attributable to increased cardiovascular disease. One approach to address this is regular physical health monitoring. However, physical health monitoring is poorly implemented in everyday clinical practice and there is little evidence to suggest that it improves physical health. We argue that greater emphasis should be placed on primary prevention strategies such as assertive smoking cessation, dietary and exercise interventions and more judicious psychotropic prescribing.

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Life ExpectancyPrimary PreventionGuidelines as TopicHealth StatusHumansMental Disorders

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PMID28882826
PMCPMC5623876

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