Medication and physical activity and physical fitness in severe mental illness
Severe mental illness (SMI) includes functional psychosis, and an ICD-10 diagnosis of a functional affective or non-affective psychotic disorder (codes F10-F22, F24, F25, F28-F31, F32.3 and F33.3) (Ruggeri et al., 2000). In most developed countries, second-generation (atypical) antipsychotics have emerged as the drug of choice for individuals with severe mental disorders (Komossa et al., 2010). These are even used in young patients with other mental health problems, such as non-psychotic disorder s like autism or intellectual disability (Park et al., 2016), despite the increased risk of diabetes, dyslipidemia and cardiovascular disease as a side effect of this medication (Mangurian et al., 2016; Nicol et al., 2016).
Source: Psychiatry Research - Category: Psychiatry Authors: David Perez-Cruzado, Antonio Cuesta-Vargas, Elisa Vera-Garcia, Ferm ín Mayoral-Cleries Source Type: research
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