title: Implementing metabolic risk assessment in a secondary care mental health service.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to describe a metabolic risk assessment programme that was established by community mental health teams working within one locality of a District Health Board in Auckland.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Physical health disparities between people with serious mental illness and the general population are of great concern. We have described a systematic way to engage with clients about the prevention of two important contributors to these disparities: cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. Around 15% of all adult service users of the mental health service in the locality attended this metabolic risk assessment clinic in the first 12 months of its operation.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Research and Resource Centre, Mental Health and Addictions, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. Lucy.Dunbar@waitematadhb.govt.nz
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dunbar
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Harrison
authors.forename: Theo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brandt
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pulford
authors.forename: Wanda
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Condell
authors.forename: Jeremy
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stoepker
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000379:methods*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control; D005260:Female; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D018570:Risk Assessment