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Editorial
. 2015 Dec;207(6):471-3.
doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.152595.

Health inequalities and psychosis: time for action

David Shiers  1 , Tim Bradshaw  2 , Jonathan Campion  2
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Editorial

Health inequalities and psychosis: time for action

David Shiers et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2015 Dec.

Abstract

People with psychosis face a life-restricting and life-shortening epidemic of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. This can be predicted by the associated antecedent risk factors evident from early in psychosis, yet remain largely ignored. Greater coordination between primary care, secondary care and public health to systematically prevent and intervene earlier for these physical illnesses offers a realistic solution to reduce this health inequality.

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  • Treatment is necessary!
    Kripalani M. Kripalani M. Br J Psychiatry. 2016 Apr;208(4):398. doi: 10.1192/bjp.208.4.398. Br J Psychiatry. 2016. PMID: 27036700 No abstract available.
  • Authors' reply.
    Shiers D, Campion J, Bradshaw T. Shiers D, et al. Br J Psychiatry. 2016 Apr;208(4):398-9. doi: 10.1192/bjp.208.4.398a. Br J Psychiatry. 2016. PMID: 27036701 No abstract available.

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