Need for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Persons With Serious Mental Illness: Design of a Comprehensive Intervention

Need for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Persons With Serious Mental Illness: Design of a Comprehensive Intervention

Persons with serious mental illness (SMI) comprise a high-risk group for cardiovascular disease (CVD)-related mortality with rates at least twice those of the overall US. Potentially modifiable CVD risk behaviors (tobacco smoking, obesity, physical inactivity, unhealthy diet) and risk factors (hyper...

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Main Authors: Arlene T. Dalcin, Gerald J. Jerome, Lawrence J. Appel, Faith B. Dickerson, Nae-Yuh Wang, Edgar R. Miller, Deborah R. Young, Jeanne B. Charleston, Joseph V. Gennusa, Stacy Goldsholl, Ann Heller, A. Eden Evins, Corinne Cather, Emma E. McGinty, Rosa M. Crum, Gail L. Daumit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychiatry
Subjects:
serious mental disorder
cardiovascular risk
intervention
care coordination
behavioral coaching
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00786/full

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