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People with serious mental illness get sick and die 10–20 years earlier than their same age cohort. The social determinants are many: stigma associated with mental illness, poverty, ethnicity-based discrimination, higher rates of smoking and alcohol and drug use, and poor diet and exercise patterns, to name a few. Although multiple interventions have emerged as ways to combat these health challenges, additional research is necessary for the continued development and evaluation of strategies. This context serves as the springboard for Health and Wellness in People Living With Serious Mental Illness.
Through multiple case vignettes, the book delves into the challenges of health and wellness for people with mental illness—including those listed above—summarizing the research on mortality and morbidity in this group as well as information about the status quo on wellness.
It also provides a thorough description of community-based participatory research (CBPR), an approach that includes people in a community as partners in all facets of research, rather than just the subjects of that research.
CBPR acts as the lens through which this guide considers solutions to these health problems, including integrated services and patient-centered medical homes; medical practices that diminish the iatrogenic effects of psychiatry; psychoeducation; interpersonal supports; and shared decision-making.
Co-edited by Patrick Corrigan, with a 30-year history in services research, and Sonya Ballentine, a community-based member of a CBPR team, this volume offers a grounded, real-world illustration of CBPR in practice.
Students of psychiatry, practicing clinicians, primary care providers, allied health professionals, policy makers—all will find, in the pages of this book, a nuanced portrait of the health challenges patients with mental illness face, possible treatment options, and future directions for the field.
While this book considers psychopharmacological interventions for people with serious mental illnesses, this is not the main focus of the book. It is helpful for practitioners who are primarily prescribers to be aware of the different treatment options that should always be considered for people with serious mental illnesses. In a world in which social services need to be fought for, this book reminds practitioners of how vital environmental, medical, social, and comorbid substance use issues are in treating the whole individual. These issues matter greatly, yet often can be overshadowed by pharmacological interventions. I encourage those treating patients with serious mental illnesses to read this book in order to best advocate for their patients' clinical, medical, and social needs.
— Aaron Plattner, MD(Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services)
Patrick W. Corrigan, Psy.D., is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.
Sonya L. Ballentine is Project Manager in the Department of Psychology at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, Illinois.
Preface
Chapter 1: Breadth and Depth of Morbidity and Mortality
Chapter 2: Research Considerations and Community-Based Participatory Research
Chapter 3: Effects of Concurrent Substance Use
Chapter 4: Health Service Disparities
Chapter 5: Consequences and Life Choices Related to Living with a Serious Mental Illness
Chapter 6: Impact of Medication Effects on Physical Health
Chapter 7: Role of Medical Homes in Primary Care
Chapter 8: Shared Decision Making
Chapter 9: Healthy Living Skills
Chapter 10: Health Navigators to Address Wellness
Chapter 11: Smoking
Chapter 12: Improving Diet, Activity, and Weight
Chapter 13: The COVID-19 Pandemic
Chapter 14: Final Thoughts: Moving Forward