Physical morbidity in elderly psychiatric inpatients: prevalence and possible relations between the major mental disorders and physical illness

2000 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 248-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dimitrios Adamis ◽  
Chris Ball
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Physical Morbidity

Physical disorders associated with mental illness. A register investigation

1990 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 829-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Fink
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Illness Behaviour ◽  
Chronic Physical Illness ◽  
Physical Disorders ◽  
High Utilization ◽  
Psychiatric Department

SynopsisOn the basis of nationwide patient register data the diagnostic pattern of the medical admissions of a general population (17–49 year-olds; N = 30427) during an 8-year period was studied by comparing those individuals who had been admitted to the psychiatric department (i.e. psychiatric patients) with those individuals who had not. The results suggest that the high utilization of medical admissions by psychiatric patients could not be explained simply by coincident chronic physical illness or particular types of physical disease including the somatic complications of mental disorders. It is more likely to be attributable to other factors such as an increased general susceptibility to physical illness, different forms of illness behaviour, and the process of somatization.

scholarly journals Physical illness in patients with severe mental disorders. I. Prevalence, impact of medications and disparities in health care

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARC DE HERT ◽  
CHRISTOPH U. CORRELL ◽  
JULIO BOBES ◽  
MARCELO CETKOVICH-BAKMAS ◽  
DAN COHEN ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Severe Mental Disorders

Physical illness in psychiatric inpatients: Comparison of patients with and without substance use disorders

2012 ◽  
Vol 59 (8) ◽  
pp. 757-764 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karel Frasch ◽  
Jens Ivar Larsen ◽  
Joachim Cordes ◽  
Bent Jacobsen ◽  
Signe Olrik Wallenstein Jensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Substance Use ◽  
Substance Use Disorders ◽  
Psychiatric Inpatients ◽  
Physical Illness

Physical Illness in Psychiatric Patients

1968 ◽  
Vol 114 (516) ◽  
pp. 1365-1369 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. P. Maguire ◽  
K. L. Granville-Grossman
Keyword(s):  
Catchment Area ◽  
Psychiatric Illness ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
The Other ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Mental Disturbance ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Psychiatric Problems ◽  
Physical Morbidity

The practice of psychiatry overlaps appreciably that of the other branches of Medicine. A high incidence of psychiatric illness has been found in out-patients attending medical and surgical clinics (Shepherd, Davies and Culpan, 1960; and Davies, 1964), and among in-patients in general medical and surgical wards (Meyer and Mendelson, 1960; Fleminger and Mallett, 1962; Eilenberg, 1965; Granville-Grossman, 1967). Other studies have shown an appreciable incidence of physical illness in out-patients attending psychiatric clinics (Davies, 1965), in psychiatric in-patients in a teaching hospital (Marshall, 1949; and Herridge, 1960), and in patients with mental disturbance attending general practitioners (Shepherd, Cooper, Brown and Kalton, 1964, 1966). The extent to which ordinary psychiatric in-patient practice involves dealing with non-psychiatric problems does not appear to have been extensively studied, although Davies, D. W. (1964) has indicated the presence of considerable physical morbidity within a psychiatric hospital population. We here describe an investigation into the incidence of physical morbidity among in-patients admitted to a general hospital psychiatric unit with a total responsibility to a catchment area population of 90,000, and into some of the factors affecting this incidence.

scholarly journals Risk factors for common mental disorders in women

2006 ◽  
Vol 189 (6) ◽  
pp. 547-555 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vikram Patel ◽  
Betty R. Kirkwood ◽  
Sulochana Pednekar ◽  
Helen Weiss ◽  
David Mabey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Common Mental Disorder ◽  
Psychological Symptom ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
Chronic Physical Illness ◽  
Incident Cases

BackgroundThe determinants of common mental disorders in women have not been described in longitudinal studies from a low-income country.MethodPopulation-based cohort study of 2494 women aged 18 to 50 years, in India. The Revised Clinical Interview Schedule was used for the detection of common mental disorders.ResultsThere were 39 incident cases of common mental disorder in 2166 participants eligible for analysis (12-month rate 1.8%, 95% CI 1.3–2.4%). The following baseline factors were independently associated with the risk for common mental disorder: poverty (low income and having difficulty making ends meet); being married as compared with being single; use of tobacco; experiencing abnormal vaginal discharge; reporting a chronic physical illness; and having higher psychological symptom scores at baseline.ConclusionsProgrammes to reduce the burden of common mental disorder in women should target poorer women, women with chronic physical illness and who have gynaecological symptoms, and women who use tobacco.

Differences in Attributions of Mental Illness and Social Distance for Portrayals of Four Mental Disorders

2010 ◽  
Vol 107 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-552 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary M. Kasow ◽  
Robert S. Weisskirch
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
University Students ◽  
Severe Mental Illness ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Physical Illness ◽  
The Public

For individuals with mental illness, others' perceptions of mental illness often limit integration into communities. Perceptions of mental illness manifest as social stigma in the form of social distance and may depend on individuals' attributions of the origins of mental illness. 180 university students completed a survey on attribution of mental illness and social distance across several disorders (psychiatric and physical). Participants indicated greater social distance for severe mental illness (i.e., schizophrenia) than less severe mental illness and physical illness. More desire for social distance may be related to unfamiliarity with severe mental illness rather than less severe mental and physical illnesses. Greater understanding of how individuals perceive mental illness can inform efforts to educate the public.

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