Leveraging Existing Natural Experiments to Advance the Health of People with Severe Mental Illness (R24)

Funding Opportunity RFA-MH-13-140 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. People with severe mental illness (SMI) die from the same causes as those in the general population, e.g., heart disease, diabetes, cancer, stroke, and pulmonary disease. However, these diseases are more common in people with SMI and lead to earlier death. The modifiable health risk factors that contribute to these diseasessmoking, obesity, hypertension, metabolic disorder, substance use, low physical activity, poor fitness and dietare also more common and have an earlier onset in people with SMI. Iatrogenic effects of psychiatric medications, which may include weight gain and metabolic disorder, add to these health risks. Effective interventions to reduce these common modifiable health risk factors exist for the general population.
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - Category: Research Source Type: funding