Mental illness and primary care.

Mental illness in primary care settings.

A Conference on the above topic took place at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, on 17 and 18 July 1984. The Conference was sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Security and was organized by the General Practice Research Unit. Over 100 invited clinicians, research workers and policy-makers took part. The majority of the participants were either psychiatrists or general practitione...

Harnessing primary care to enhance recovery from severe mental illness.

Primary care issues in patients with mental illness.

Family physicians commonly care for patients with serious mental illness. Patients with psychotic and bipolar disorders have more comorbid medical conditions and higher mortality rates than patients without serious mental illness. Many medications prescribed for serious mental illness have significant metabolic and cardiovascular adverse effects. Patients treated with second-generation antipsyc...

Corticosteroids in Neurological and Mental Illness

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Shared Care in Serious Mental Illness: