Topic Tuesday: What would you say to public policy makers?

Tardive Dyskinesia

Access to services # 1

Loneliness #4

physical health # 3

suicide prevention and support # 2

education for carers #5

especially with eating disorders, that have such a major impact on physical health so that it excludes people from mental health care

Okay, our second last topic:

Suicide Prevention and Support

Statement:

People living with severe mental illness are over-represented in both suicide attempts and completed suicides, and it is well established that attempted suicide is the single biggest risk factor associated with death by suicide.

Request:

We want you to ensure that people living with severe mental illness are offered peer based education about suicide and self harm and are offered adequate peer support in any post suicide attempt period.

What thoughts do you have around the messaging and wording of these?

"A large 2010 study found that BPD is significantly associated with arteriosclerosis or hypertension, hepatic disease, cardiovascular disease, gastro intestinal disease, arthritis, venereal disease.

These results were confirmed after adjustment for sociodemographic variables, Axis 1, and other Axis 11 disorders

The most stringent model did not show increased illness in relation obesity, diabetes or stroke with BPD, however…

Clinical experience would question the finding that obesity in people with BPD is unrelated to adverse health outcome

A 2013 study found that BPD traits significantly related to reported presence of heart disease, arthritis and obesity

The jury is thus out, but clinical experience suggests that obesity in BPD, often related to psychotropic medication, is a significant health problem" Dr Josephine Beatson, 11 February 2015