Physical illness and schizophrenia
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Chronic Physical Illness: A Psychophysiological Approach for Chronic Physical Illness
Growing evidence demonstrates that psychological risk variables can contribute to physical disease. In an effort to thoroughly investigate potential etiological origins and optimal interventions, this broad review is divided into five sections: the stress response, chronic diseases, mind-body theoretical models, psychophysiological interventions, and integrated health care solutions. The stress...
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The average life expectancy of people living with schizophrenia is about 10 to 20 years less than that of the general population and research has shown quite conclusively that people with schizophrenia have increased rates of physical illnesses; in fact over 75% of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia have at least one chronic physical condition running alongside their schizophrenia and the...
متن کاملPhysical Health and Schizophrenia
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Psychiatry
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0007-1250,1472-1465
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.6.541