Mental and Physical Health

Mental & physical health
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Mental & physical health

As the NHS Mandate now recognises, there is a strong association between mental and physical ill health. People who have a long term physical health condition are more than twice as likely to have a mental health problem as the general population and are more likely to die early.

We have been working with partners to review the evidence on the cost of such co-morbidities as well as carrying out related research on liaison psychiatry. Our work has shown how to improve care and make better use of scarce resources.

What's new


26 March 2013 New report sets out agenda for achieving parity between mental and physical health The disparities we face today require change at every level, from national decisions about how money is spent to the everyday work of health and care professionals.
26 March 2013 Centre for Mental Health comments on the Government's response to the Francis Report People using mental health services must be assured that they have the same level of protection from poor quality care as those in other health and care services.
06 March 2013 Centre for Mental Health lecture calls for early intervention and integration Professor Richard Frank, a former adviser to the US Government, yesterday delivered the 2013 Centre for Mental Health Lecture with a call for mental and physical health services to ‘meet people where they are’ and to focus on intervening early to get the best results.

26 March 2013
New report sets out agenda for achieving parity between mental and physical health
The disparities we face today require change at every level, from national decisions about how money is spent to the everyday work of health and care professionals.

26 March 2013
Centre for Mental Health comments on the Government's response to the Francis Report
People using mental health services must be assured that they have the same level of protection from poor quality care as those in other health and care services.

06 March 2013
Centre for Mental Health lecture calls for early intervention and integration
Professor Richard Frank, a former adviser to the US Government, yesterday delivered the 2013 Centre for Mental Health Lecture with a call for mental and physical health services to ‘meet people where they are’ and to focus on intervening early to get the best results.

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Whole-person care: from rhetoric to reality 10/04/2013

Smoking neglected in people with mental health conditions, leading to premature death 03/04/2013

More research needed to help patients with multimorbidities 10/09/2012