Cardio-metabolic abnormalities among patients with severe mental illness at a Regional Referral Hospital in southwestern Uganda.

Cardio-metabolic abnormalities among patients with severe mental illness at a Regional Referral Hospital in southwestern Uganda.

Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) have a higher burden of premature cardio-metabolic abnormalities, including diabetes mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and obesity resulting into a 3-fold increase in mortality, and up to 20% reduction in life expectancy compared to the general populat...

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Main Authors: David Collins Agaba, Richard Migisha, Godfrey Katamba, Scholastic Ashaba
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0235956&type=printable
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