Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement Project
Aims: The association between antipsychotic medication and weight gain is widely recognised. The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Positive Cardiometabolic Health Resource recommends lifestyle counselling as per the National Health Service Eat Well and Live Well guides, and the United Kingdom Chief M...
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The association between antipsychotic medication and weight gain is widely recognised. The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Positive Cardiometabolic Health Resource recommends lifestyle counselling as per the National Health Service Eat Well and Live Well guides, and the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ Guidance on physical activity, to promote positive lifestyle behaviours and a healthy BMI in patients with psychosis. Owing to a lack of educational resources for healthcare professionals, patients at a Community Mental Health Team in Kent were not exposed to thorough lifestyle counselling. This project aimed to improve staff awareness and confidence with respect to the recommended dietary and physical activity counselling guidelines by 80% within a four-month period. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-c56d61e2339b4daaa6cc35c2af9827aa2025-08-20T02:50:55ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242025-06-0111S139S13910.1192/bjo.2025.10381Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement ProjectMadhulika Joglekar0Keya Patel1Sungjun Park2Peeyush Roy3Olubunmi Olure4GKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, London, United KingdomGKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, London, United KingdomGKT School of Medical Education, King’s College London, London, United KingdomKent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Kent, United Kingdom. Royal College of Psychiatrists, London, United KingdomKent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, Kent, United Kingdom.Aims: The association between antipsychotic medication and weight gain is widely recognised. The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Positive Cardiometabolic Health Resource recommends lifestyle counselling as per the National Health Service Eat Well and Live Well guides, and the United Kingdom Chief Medical Officers’ Guidance on physical activity, to promote positive lifestyle behaviours and a healthy BMI in patients with psychosis. Owing to a lack of educational resources for healthcare professionals, patients at a Community Mental Health Team in Kent were not exposed to thorough lifestyle counselling. This project aimed to improve staff awareness and confidence with respect to the recommended dietary and physical activity counselling guidelines by 80% within a four-month period.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425103815/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Madhulika Joglekar Keya Patel Sungjun Park Peeyush Roy Olubunmi Olure Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement Project BJPsych Open |
| title | Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_full | Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_fullStr | Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_full_unstemmed | Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_short | Enhancing Lifestyle Counselling Targeted at Weight Management for Patients on Antipsychotics in a Community Mental Health Team: A Quality Improvement Project |
| title_sort | enhancing lifestyle counselling targeted at weight management for patients on antipsychotics in a community mental health team a quality improvement project |
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