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Cultural diversity in physical diseases among patients with mental illnesses

Jens Ivar Larsen, Ulla Agerskov Andersen, Thomas Becker, Graziella Giacometti Bickel, Bernhard Bork, Joachim Cordes, Karel Frasch, Bent Ascanius Jacobsen, S. O. W. Jensen, Reinhold Kilian,

Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry · 2012 · 12 citations · 18 references

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Abstract

Overweight, CVD and DM were increased in schizophrenia spectrum disorders and affective disorders in all three cultures investigated (Western Europe, Nigeria and Japan). Lifestyle diseases were also seen in Nigeria and Japan. The results from this study indicate that cultural background might be seen as an important factor in dealing with lifestyle diseases among people with a severe mental illness, as it is in the general population.

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