The impact of serious mental illness on health and healthcare

Psychosomatics

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 458-465

  Viron, Mark J ^a   Stern, Theodore A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PSYCHOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649638206     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.psy.51.6.458     Document Type: Review

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