Adult Patients With Severe Mental Illness May Not Be Adequately Screened For Diabetes

Modern Healthcare (11/10, Johnson, Subscription Publication) reports that a study involving “more than 50,000 Medi-Cal patients ages 18 and older diagnosed with severe mental illness who take antipsychotic medications” suggests that nearly “three-quarters…are not being adequately screened for diabetes despite a higher likelihood of chronic disease in that population.” The findings were published online Nov. 9 in JAMA Internal Medicine.

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— “Many adults with severe mental illness aren’t adequately screened for diabetes,” Steven Ross Johnson, Modern Healthcare, November 9, 2015.

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