Publications

Authors:

Burti, Lorenzo; Berti, Loretta; Bonfioli, Elena; I., Fiorini

Title:

Chapter 8: Meeting the challenge of physical comorbidity and unhealthy lifestyles

Year:

2013

Type of item:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Book Title:

Improving mental health care: the global challenge

Publisher:

John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

ISBN:

9781118337974

Page numbers:

114-130

Keyword:

psychotic disorders; premature mortality; physical comorbidity; risk factors; lifestyle; health promotion; diet; physical activity; substance abuse; smoke

Short description of contents:

Excess rates of mortality and physical comorbidity are highly prevalent among people with severe mental illness (SMI) and pose new challenges and obligations to health professionals. A number of factors, such as self-neglect, side effects of medication and limited concern with personal health and well-being, tend to be associated with poor lifestyles. These factors are shared both by people with mental illness and by disadvantaged people as a whole, and are associated with unhealthy diet, lack of exercise, smoking and excessive consumption of alcohol and drugs. In geographical terms, such groups of people are more likely to live in deteriorated neighbourhoods with crime and safety problems, further hindering an active life. This chapter discusses the global context of these problems in countries with different levels of income. An exploratory study encouraged the authors to design a comprehensive evaluation, and this is described.

Web page:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9781118337981.ch8/summary

Product ID:

83993

Handle IRIS:

11562/857764

Deposited On:

December 17, 2014

Last Modified:

November 15, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Burti, Lorenzo; Berti, Loretta; Bonfioli, Elena; I., Fiorini, Chapter 8: Meeting the challenge of physical comorbidity and unhealthy lifestyles Improving mental health care: the global challenge , John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. , 2013 , pp. 114-130

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