Increased prevalence of chronic physical health disorders in Australians with diagnosed mental illness

• Main Authors: David Scott (Author), Karena Burke (Author), Susan Williams (Author), Brenda Happell (Author), Doreen Canoy (Author), Kevin Ronan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To compare chronic physical health disorder prevalence amongst Australian adults with and without mental illness. Method: Total n=1,716 participants (58% female) with a mean age of 52 ± 13 years (range: 18 to 89 years) completed an online survey of Australian adults in 2010. Outc...