Multimorbidity and mental health: can psychiatry rise to the challenge?

J. Langan; S.W. Mercer; D.J. Smith

doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123943

Multimorbidity and mental health: can psychiatry rise to the challenge?

J. Langan, S.W. Mercer, D.J. Smith

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Abstract

Multimorbidity - the co-occurrence of two or more long-term conditions within an individual - is highly relevant to psychiatry. Changes to training and a more integrated model of psychiatric and physical healthcare are needed in the future if we are to improve the long-term health of our patients.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	391-393
Number of pages	3
Journal	The British Journal of Psychiatry
Volume	202
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.112.123943
Publication status	Published - Jun 2013

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