title: [Collaborative somatic care for patients with severe mental illness].
abstract: Patients with severe mental illness have an accumulation of risk factors for physical diseases like cardiovascular diseases, metabolic syndrome, diabetes mellitus and COPD. These patients receive suboptimal care in the Netherlands. A major barrier to optimal care is the lack of collaboration between mental health professionals and general practitioners. An improvement could be made if all medical professionals actively supported these high-risk patients in taking adequate care of their health needs. This improvement can only be made if general practitioners and mental health professionals collaborate in a timely and structured manner.
authors.affiliation: GGZ Westelijk Noord-Brabant, Bergen op Zoom.
authors.forename: Fenneke M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: van Hasselt
authors.forename: Marian J T
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Oud
authors.forename: Anton J M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Loonen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005260:Female; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012307:Risk Factors