title: Mental health gets physical.
abstract: The physical health of people with severe mental illness is often neglected. Patients are more likely to smoke and have a poor diet, while psychiatric medication is known to affect physical health adversely. Yet these patients are less likely to be offered a physical health check.
mesh_terms: D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D013222:State Medicine; D006113:United Kingdom