Mental health nurses and older patients’ physical health needs

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Date Published:
1 Oct 2012
Last updated: 
25 April 2012

This is a Practice Question, published with the kind permission of the Royal College of Nursing

Physical health problems, particularly chronic health problems such as obesity, diabetes and smoking-related illnesses, are more common in people with long-term mental illness.