Published by the UK Department of Health, this guide is aimed at mental health nurses and focuses on how to deal with some of the main risk factors for physical health problems. It emphasises the need for people living with mental health problems to have the same access to health checks and healthcare as the rest of the population.
The guide looks specifically at how to take action in supporting patients with quitting smoking, tackling obesity, improving physical activity levels, reducing alcohol and substance use, sexual and reproductive health, medicine optimisation, dental and oral health and reducing falls.
Improving the physical health of people with mental health problems: Actions for mental health nurses. Department of Health (UK) London: Department of Health; 2016.
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