Cardiovascular and diabetes healthcare in patients with schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a severe and persistent mental illness associated with early mortality and a higher rate of medical comorbidity compared to the general population. Individuals with schizophrenia are at risk of healthcare disparities including reduced access to primary care and suboptimal health maintenance interventions. Barriers to care can include impairment communicating with healthcare providers, the stigma of psychiatric disease, and a poor understanding of medical condition and need for treatment all of which can delay diagnosis and timely treatment.
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Joshua Baruth, Daniel Bateman, Brandon Coombes, Maria Lapid Tags: Poster Number: EI-60 Source Type: research
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