Comorbidity of mental and physical disorders

This publication presents evidence about the magnitude and severe consequences of comorbidity of mental and physical illnesses from a personal and societal perspective. Leading experts address the huge burden of co-morbidity to the affected individual as well as the public health aspects, the costs...

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Other Authors: Holt, Richard I.G (Editor), Sartorius, N., editor (editor), Holt, Richard I. G., editor, Maj, Mario, 1953- editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Basel, Switzerland : Karger 2015
2015.
Series:Key issues in mental health ; Volume 179.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009433351106719
Table of Contents:
  • Conceptual perspectives on the co-occurrence of mental and physical disease : diabetes and depression as a model / E.B. Fisher, J.C.N. Chan, S. Kowitt, H. Nan, N. Sartorius, B. Oldenburg
  • Public health perspectives on the co-occurrence of non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders / B. Oldenburg, A. O'Neil, F. Cocker
  • Counting all the costs : the economic impact of co-morbidity / D. McDaid, A.L. Park
  • Difficulties facing the provision of care for multimorbidity in low-income countries / D. Beran
  • Depression, diabetes and dementia / J.D. Rosenblat, R.B. Mansur, D.S. Cha, A. Baskaran, R.S. McIntyre
  • Cardiovascular disease and severe mental illness / R.I.G. Holt
  • Multiple comorbidities in people with eating disorders / P. Monteleone, F. Brambilla
  • Anxiety and related disorders and physical illness / C. Kariuki-Nyuthe, D.J. Stein
  • Cancer and mental illness / D. Lawrence, K.J. Hancock, S. Kisely
  • Infectious diseases and mental health / N. Müller
  • Physical diseases and addictive disorders : associations and implications / A.J. Gordon, J.W. Conley, J.M. Gordon
  • The role of general practitioners and family physicians in the management of multimorbidity / P. Boeckxstaens, J. De Maeseneer, A. De Sutter
  • Training physicians at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels about co-morbidity / A. Cushing, S. Evans
  • The dialogue on diabetes and depression African nursing training programme : a collaborative training initiative to improve the recognition and management of diabetes and depression in Sub-Saharan Africa / H.L. Millar, L. Cimino, A.S. van der Merwe
  • The challenge of developing person-centred services to manage co-morbid mental and physical illness / L. Gask
  • Prevention of comorbid mental and physical disorders / C. Hosman.