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ArticleConsortium psychiatricum2020

The Syndemic Approach in relation to Clinical Practice and Research in Psychiatry.

Sarah J Parry, Graham Thornicroft

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Article in Consortium psychiatricum, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Sarah J ParrySouth London and Maudsley NHS Trust, Ladywell Unit.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9730-3547
Graham ThornicroftCentre for Global Mental Health and Centre for Implementation Science, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0662-0879

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/R023697/1Medical Research Council MR/S001255/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The syndemic framework goes beyond the concept of comorbidity and considers how diseases interact within their wider environmental context, along with social and political factors, to mutually exacerbate negative outcomes. The syndemic approach enhances the way mental disorders are understood in terms of their aetiology, treatment and prognosis and therefore influences the direction of clinical practice, policy development and research priorities in the field of psychiatry. Using a syndemic framework to develop mental health policy globally can help address the mental health treatment gap in countries where resources are limited. In Russia, identified syndemics have been of particular relevance to mental disorders and further research using a syndemic framework will continue to build upon the strong background of integrated mental healthcare currently provided.

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psychiatryresearchsciencesyndemic

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PMID39006903
PMCPMC11240133

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