Where are patients who have co-occurring mental and physical diseases located?

Conclusion:
Promoting prophylactic work between psychiatry and the general practice sector may be beneficial in diminishing physical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus and overweight in patients with mental disorders in European countries and Japan. In Nigeria (a low-to-middle-income country), religious guides or healers, along with general practitioners, are the most frequently contacted, and they therefore seem to be the most obvious partner to collaborate with.

Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - July 23, 2015 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Toftegaard, K. L., Gustafsson, L. N., Uwakwe, R., Andersen, U. A., Becker, T., Bickel, G. G., Bork, B., Cordes, J., Frasch, K., Jacobsen, B. A., Kilian, R., Larsen, J. I., Lauber, C., Mogensen, B., Rossler, W., Tsuchiya, K. J., Munk-Jorgensen, P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research