Abstract
A non-nuclear couple, now with two children but desiring for more, and with problems of accommodation and professional practitioner rooms, pose their problem and solve it with the help of a professional pedagogist by widening their near familiarity to a loved uncle widow and alone owner of the big old family house and who loves children.
Highlights
Over the past two decades, the scientific literature reporting increased morbidity and premature mortality among people with mental health conditions as a result of poor physical health is vast [1,2,3]
In a recently published study in Qatar, which consisted on a retrospective chart review of patients attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic, it was reported that almost 30% of patients with serious mental illness (SMI) had at least one medical comorbidity for which inadequate medical care was being provided [10]
Reasons for the gap in medical care to people with mental illness have been highlighted in several studies, including: fragmentation of care, limited access and time pressure in general practice, staff attitudes regarding what falls within their clinical role, communication difficulties between services, lack of training, inadequate access or compliance with clinical guidelines in the part of healthcare practitioners (HCPs) to support people with psychiatric comorbidity [5, 11,12,13,14,15]
Summary
Over the past two decades, the scientific literature reporting increased morbidity and premature mortality among people with mental health conditions as a result of poor physical health is vast [1,2,3]. The main goal of this study was to have a better understanding of the current medical care provided to patients with SMI in Qatar from the perspectives of HCPs and to explore their views on their role in addressing the added burden of physical illness in this population, their causes, what is amenable to change and how this change might be brought about. This understanding will help building strategies for the integration of medical and mental healthcare services to fill the care gaps that have been highlighted
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