Health and Wellness in People Living With Serious Mental Illness / edited by Patrick W. Corrigan and Sonya L. Ballentine.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corrigan, Patrick W., editor.

Ballentine, Sonya L., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mentally ill.

Mental illness--Complications.

Mental illness.

Mentally ill--Care.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, [2021]

Summary:

"People with serious mental illness get sick and die 10-20 years younger, compared to others in their same age cohort. The reasons, and possible interventions, are many, but further research is necessary for the continued development and evaluation of strategies to combat the health challenges faced by these patients. In thoroughly describing community-based participatory research (CBPR)-an approach that includes people in a community as partners in all facets of research, rather than just the subjects of that research-Health and Wellness in People Living With Serious Mental Illness provides a template for continued study. It is through this lens that this volume examines the health and concerns of people with mental illness, as well as possible solutions to these health problems. Through multiple case vignettes, the book delves into the challenges of health and wellness for people with mental illness, summarizing the research on mortality and morbidity in this group, as well as information about the status quo on wellness, and offers a grounded, real-world illustration of CBPR in practice"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Contributors

Preface

1 Breadth and Depth of Mortality and Morbidity

2 Research Considerations and Community-Based Participatory Research

3 Effects of Concurrent Substance Use

4 Health Service Disparities

5 Consequences of and Life Choices Related to Living With a Serious Mental Illness

6 Impact of Medication Effects on Physical Health

7 Role of Medical Homes in Primary Care

8 Shared Decision Making

9 Healthy Living Skills

10 Health Navigators to Address Wellness

11 Smoking

12 Improving Diet, Activity, and Weight

13 The COVID-19 Pandemic

14 Final Thoughts: Moving Forward

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61537-977-0

1-61537-380-2

OCLC:

1228178290