Health and wellness in people living with serious mental illness / edited by Patrick W. Corrigan, Psy.D., Sonya L. Ballentine, B.A.
Contributor(s): Corrigan, Patrick W [editor.] | Ballentine, Sonya L [editor.] | American Psychiatric Association [issuing body.].
Publisher: Washington, DC : American Psychiatric Association Publishing, ©2021Edition: First edition.Description: 317 p: illustrations ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781615373796.Subject(s): Mentally Ill Persons | Community-Based Participatory Research | Mental Disorders -- complications | Health Status | Health Status DisparitiesGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "People with serious mental illness get sick and die 10-20 years younger, compared to others in their same age cohort. The reasons, and possible interventions, are many, but further research is necessary for the continued development and evaluation of strategies to combat the health challenges faced by these patients. In thoroughly describing community-based participatory research (CBPR)-an approach that includes people in a community as partners in all facets of research, rather than just the subjects of that research-Health and Wellness in People Living With Serious Mental Illness provides a template for continued study. It is through this lens that this volume examines the health and concerns of people with mental illness, as well as possible solutions to these health problems. Through multiple case vignettes, the book delves into the challenges of health and wellness for people with mental illness, summarizing the research on mortality and morbidity in this group, as well as information about the status quo on wellness, and offers a grounded, real-world illustration of CBPR in practice"--| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | RC454 .H395 2021 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000017452 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
"People with serious mental illness get sick and die 10-20 years younger, compared to others in their same age cohort. The reasons, and possible interventions, are many, but further research is necessary for the continued development and evaluation of strategies to combat the health challenges faced by these patients. In thoroughly describing community-based participatory research (CBPR)-an approach that includes people in a community as partners in all facets of research, rather than just the subjects of that research-Health and Wellness in People Living With Serious Mental Illness provides a template for continued study. It is through this lens that this volume examines the health and concerns of people with mental illness, as well as possible solutions to these health problems. Through multiple case vignettes, the book delves into the challenges of health and wellness for people with mental illness, summarizing the research on mortality and morbidity in this group, as well as information about the status quo on wellness, and offers a grounded, real-world illustration of CBPR in practice"--