Implementing metabolic risk assessment in a secondary care mental health service.
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.
Dunbar
Lucy
L
Clinical Research and Resource Centre, Mental Health and Addictions, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. Lucy.Dunbar@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Wheeler
Amanda
A
Harrison
Jeff
J
Brandt
Theo
T
Pulford
Justin
J
Condell
Wanda
W
Stoepker
Jeremy
J
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