"Clinical guidelines for the physical care of mental health consumers: a comprehensive assessment and monitoring package for mental health and primary care clinicians" has recently been published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry [2011 Oct;45(10):824-9].
The authors have focused on the fact that Australian mental health patients have a low level of physical health compared to the general population. They studied medication effects, lifestyle, existing or developing physical disorders, alcohol and illicit drug use, and psychosocial factors, and have produced a package containing a metabolic syndrome algorithm wall chart, a clinician handbook, a psychosocial assessment booklet, and screening forms.
Contact your hospital librarian for a copy of the guidelines.
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