Highlights the high prevalence of physical co-morbidity in older patients with mental health disorders, emphasizing the need for integrated care.
Depressive/anxiety disorders appear less common with age despite rising physical morbidity; cross-sectional data leave causal and temporal questions open for longitudinal study.
CIDI-diagnosed depressive and anxiety disorders in the general population decrease with age, despite greatly increasing physical morbidity with age. Physical morbidity among persons with mental disorder is the norm, particularly in older populations. Health professionals, including mental health professionals, need to address barriers to the management of physical co-morbidity among those with mental disorders.
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