This is a study that was presented by Dr. Panov ( Institute of Cytology and Genetics, in Novosibirsk, Russia) at the ESC Acute CardioVascular Care 2021 Online Congress on March 14, 2021. The study aim was to determine if heart attacks were occurring in men without prior cardiovascular disease who were suffering from vital exhaustion.…
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This aricle from 2016 reports the assosciation between a hypercoagulable state and schizophrenia. It describes changes in protein C as well as t-pa and reviews how their activity influences pathogenesis and comorbidity. The authors analyze how activity of tPA and protein S is influenced by biochemical abnormalities found in schizophrenia. Future directions for research, such…
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This study, which was published in the BMJ in 2012, set out to quantify the link between lower, subclinically symptomatic, levels of psychological distress and cause-mortality in a large scale, population based study. The study comprised 68,222 people from general population samples of adults aged 35 years and over, free of cardiovascular disease and cancer,…
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The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of psychiatric illness in the English adult population (aged 16 +). This survey was conducted by the National Centre for Social Research in collaboration with the University of Leicester for the NHS Information Centre for health and social care. in 2007 nearly one…
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This is a pivotal study which was published in 2011. The authors evaluated trends in health outcomes of people with seriousmental disorders. They examined nationwide 5-year consecutive cohorts ofpeople admitted to hospital for mental disorders in Denmark,Finland and Sweden in 1987–2006. People with severe mental illness who were admitted to hospital had a two –…
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The United Nations Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness, (United Nations, 1991), make very explicit statements that: • All persons have the right to the best available mental healthcare, which shall be part of the health and social care system. • All persons with a mental illness, or who are being treated…
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In this editorial that was published in the BMJ in 2014, the authors describe how parity of esteem means different things to different people and how this may make it difficult to achieve. They also briefly describe the historical context of parity, from the 1959 Mental Health Act over the enshrinement in US law in…
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This is the probably the most essential reading on the topic. This paper, published by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in 2013, sets out definitions of parity of esteem, a vision and what was understood at the time of publication about the stigma and discrimination that people experience who have mental health problems.
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This is a chapter in the book “Social Scaffolding: Applying the Lessons of Contemporary Social Science to Health and Healthcare” written by Professor Dame Sue Bailey. The author is chair of the Centre for Mental Health and past president of the RCPsych and the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges. In this chapter she explains what…
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The purpose of this study published 2005 in Aging and Mental Health was to evaluate levels of cognitive impairment, depressive mood and self-reported quality of life in older dialysis patients (>70 years). A total of 51 outpatients receiving dialysis were assessed by psychologists, using a depression scale (MADRS), two cognitive tests (MMSE and BEC 96),…
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