Background Despite an increase in studies showing the efficacy of lifestyle interventions in
improving the poor health outcomes for people with severe mental illness (SMI), routine …

Background The poor physical health of people with severe mental illness (SMI) is often
attributed to lifestyle, disease-related medication side effects and disparate provision of …

Background Several interventions have been developed to improve physical health and
lifestyle behaviour of people with a severe mental illness (SMI). Recently, we conducted a …

Introduction: Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are increased in severe mental
illnesses (SMI). Trials of psychosocial health interventions to improve physical health in SMI …

Patients hospitalised with severe mental illness (SMI) have poor physical health. Recently, a
multidisciplinary lifestyle enhancing treatment for inpatients with SMI (MULTI) was …

Background The cardiometabolic health of persons with a severe mental illness (SMI) is
alarming with obesity rates of 45-55% and diabetes type 2 rates of 10-15%. Unhealthy …

Importance People with a severe mental illness (SMI) have a life expectancy reduced by 10
to 20 years compared with the general population, primarily attributable to cardiometabolic …

Background Lifestyle interventions for severe mental illness (SMI) are known to have small
to modest effect on physical health outcomes. Little attention has been given to patient …

Background Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) have shorter life expectancy than
people without SMI, mainly due to overmortality from physical diseases. They are treated by …

Background Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) experience more physical comorbidity
than the general population. Multiple factors, including inadequate seeking of healthcare …