Patients With Severe Mental Illness May Have Significant Social Risk Factors That May Adversely Affect Overall Health, Researchers Say

Healio (11/1, Gramigna) reports, “Patients with severe mental illness, particularly those with schizophrenia who are insured by Medicaid, have significant social risk factors that may adversely affect overall health,” investigators concluded after analyzing “registry data of 1,038,075 commercial and 1,234,371 Medicaid-managed care patients aged 18 years or older between July 1, 2016, and Dec. 31, 2018.” The findings were presented at the Psych Congress 2021.

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— “Social determinants of health adversely affect outcomes in severe mental illness “Joe Gramigna, Healio, November 1, 2021

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