The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

J Firth, N Siddiqi, AI Koyanagi, D Siskind… - The lancet …, 2019‏ - thelancet.com
Background The poor physical health of people with mental illness is a multifaceted,
transdiagnostic, and global problem. People with mental illness have an increased risk of …

The neural addiction of cancer

C Magnon, H Hondermarck - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2023‏ - nature.com
The recently uncovered key role of the peripheral and central nervous systems in controlling
tumorigenesis and metastasis has opened a new area of research to identify innovative …

Physical health disparities and mental illness: the scandal of premature mortality

G Thornicroft - The British Journal of Psychiatry, 2011‏ - cambridge.org
A 20-year mortality gap for men, and 15 years for women, is still experienced by people with
mental illness in high-income countries. The combination of lifestyle risk factors, higher rates …

Diagnostic overshadowing and other challenges involved in the diagnostic process of patients with mental illness who present in emergency departments with …

G Shefer, C Henderson, LM Howard, J Murray… - PloS one, 2014‏ - journals.plos.org
We conducted a qualitative study in the Emergency Departments (EDs) of four hospitals in
order to investigate the perceived scope and causes of 'diagnostic overshadowing'–the …

The interRAI suite of mental health assessment instruments: an integrated system for the continuum of care

JP Hirdes, C Van Everdingen, J Ferris… - Frontiers in …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
The lives of persons living with mental illness are affected by psychological, biological,
social, economic, and environmental factors over the life course. It is therefore unlikely that …

Inverse and direct cancer comorbidity in people with central nervous system disorders: a meta-analysis of cancer incidence in 577,013 participants of 50 observational …

F Catalá-López, M Suárez-Pinilla… - Psychotherapy and …, 2014‏ - karger.com
Background: There is a lack of scientific consensus about cancer comorbidity in people with
central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This study assesses the co-occurrence of cancers …

Cancer care for individuals with schizophrenia

KE Irwin, DC Henderson, HP Knight, WF Pirl - Cancer, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Individuals with schizophrenia are a vulnerable population that has been relatively
neglected in health disparities research. Despite having an equivalent risk of develo** …

Barriers to cancer treatment for people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage in high-income countries: a sco** review

A Bourgeois, T Horrill, A Mollison, E Stringer… - BMC Health Services …, 2024‏ - Springer
Background Despite advances in cancer research and treatment, the burden of cancer is not
evenly distributed. People experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage have higher rates of …

Mortality rate trends in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder: a nationwide study with 20 years of follow-up

LH Lomholt, DV Andersen… - International journal of …, 2019‏ - Springer
Background Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) have a reduced life expectancy of one
to two decades as compared to the general population, with most years of life lost due to …

Mental health nursing and physical health care: A cross‐sectional study of nurses' attitudes, practice, and perceived training needs for the physical health care of …

D Robson, M Haddad, R Gray… - International Journal of …, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
Mental health nurses have a key role in improving the physical health of people with a
serious mental illness, however, there have been few studies of their attitudes or the extent …