Key result
A framework of intervention at varying levels of intensity is proposed for psychiatrists to increase their role in addressing the cardiovascular health of patients with serious mental illness.
Why the study?
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in patients with serious mental illness, who often receive poor continuity of medical care and have psychiatrists as their only physicians.
Population
Patients with serious mental illness
Comparison
Framework of intervention at varying levels of intensity for psychiatrists vs not reported
Design
Framework proposal
Authors
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May prompt psychiatrists to address cardiovascular risks in serious mental illness; leaves open outcome validation before practice change.
Psychiatrists are encouraged to adopt a framework of interventions to address cardiovascular risk factors in patients with severe mental illness, given their high cardiovascular mortality and poor continuity of medical care.
Martha C. Ward (2021) conducted a review in Serious mental illness and cardiovascular disease. Psychiatrist-led cardiovascular health interventions was evaluated. A framework of intervention at varying levels of intensity is proposed for psychiatrists to increase their role in addressing the cardiovascular health of patients with serious mental illness.
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