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. 2023 Oct;45(5):1299-1301.
doi: 10.1007/s11096-023-01600-1. Epub 2023 May 22.

Cardiometabolic risk in people under 40 years with severe mental illness: reading between the guidelines

Aoife Carolan  1   2 , Caroline Hynes  3   4 , Stephen McWilliams  3   5 , Cristín Ryan  6 , Judith Strawbridge  4 , Dolores Keating  3   4
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Cardiometabolic risk in people under 40 years with severe mental illness: reading between the guidelines

Aoife Carolan et al. Int J Clin Pharm. 2023 Oct.

Abstract

People with severe mental illness (SMI) have a shorter life expectancy than the rest of the population. Multimorbidity and poorer physical health contribute to this health inequality. Cardiometabolic multimorbidity confers a significant mortality risk in this population. Multimorbidity is not restricted to older people and people with SMI present with multimorbidity earlier in life. Despite this, most screening, prevention and treatment strategies target older people. People under 40 years with SMI are underserved by current guidelines for cardiovascular risk assessment and reduction. Research is needed to develop and implement interventions to reduce cardiometabolic risk in this population.

Keywords: Cardiometabolic risk; Intervention; Multimorbidity; Risk assessment; Severe mental illness.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they no conflict of interest.

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