Scientists can now map the risks of general medical conditions such as heart and lung diseases, diabetes and cancer for people with mental disorders to enable physicians to provide better medical care.
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People with mental disorders also suffer from various risks of general medical conditions such as heart and lung diseases, diabetes and cancer. Mapping the risks can help general physicians provide better medical care, reveals a new study. //
A University of Queensland study has revealed that people with mental disorders are many times more likely to develop other health conditions, highlighting the need to provide them with better medical care.- People with mental disorders are more likely to develop other health conditions
- Mapping the health risks can help physicians provide early treatment to the patients
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‘Researchers now have the ability to map the risks of general medical conditions such as heart and lung diseases, diabetes and cancer for people with mental disorders.’
Consequences of Mental Disorders Professor John McGrath, from UQ's Queensland Brain Institute and Denmark's Aarhus University, led an international team of researchers aiming to draw more attention to the fatal consequences of mental disorders, beyond suicide.
"We found that women with anxiety disorders have a 50 per cent increased risk of developing a heart condition or stroke -- over 15 years, one in three women with anxiety disorders will develop these medical disorders," Professor McGrath said.
"We also looked at men with substance use disorders such as alcohol-related disorders and found they have a 400 per cent increased risk of gut or liver disorders, while over 15 years, one in five of them will develop gut or liver conditions."
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The researchers have developed a website where relative and absolute risks of medical conditions can be explored, depending on sex, types of mental disorder, age of mental disorder diagnosis and time since mental disorder diagnosis.
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"We need to provide better medical care to people with mental disorders because if we can treat these medical conditions early, we should be able to reduce the mortality gap," Professor McGrath said.
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"For those of us with mental conditions, we need to take especially good care of our physical health; watch our weight, exercise, and when we see our GP, ask for checks of our general health, such as our blood pressure and lipid levels, not just the mental disorder."
The research is published in the New England Journal of Medicine, and studied 10 broad types of mental disorder and nine broad categories of medical conditions in 5.9 million individuals born in Denmark between 1900 and 2015.
Source-Eurekalert
