The Northampton Physical Health and Wellbeing Project: The views of patients with severe mental illness about their physical health check

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 233-240

  Hardy, Sheila ^a   Deane, Katherine ^b   Gray, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health check; Patients; Physical health; Primary care; Severe mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NURSE;

EID: 84885105103     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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