The comorbidity conditions and polypharmacy in elderly patients with mental illness in a middle income country: a cross-sectional study⋆

Background: Mental disorders increase the risk factor for developing physical comorbidity conditions, such as cardiometabolic diseases. There is a high prevalence of multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the elderly population which hampers clinical response. Studies have shown that this positive corre...

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Main Authors: Juliana Dias de Lima, Ivan Abdalla Teixeira, Felipe de Oliveira Silva, Andrea Camaz Deslandes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-12-01
Series:IBRO Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451830120300315