Charlotte L. Lee

Uptake of Annual Health Checks in Primary Care for People with Severe Mental Illness: A Systematic Review and Qualitative Synthesis.

BACKGROUND People with severe mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, have worse physical health and increased risk of premature mortality than people without. While annual physical health checks in primary care can help address this risk, uptake remains low and the reasons are poorly unders...