[Antipsychotic prescription assessment in general practice: metabolic effects].

Introduction: Second-generation antipsychotics have improved living conditions of patients affected by severe mental illness. Some of them can induce weight gain with metabolic complications. Furthermore, they are prescribed to vulnerable patients, with comorbidity and high cardiovascular mortality rate.

[The difficulties in assessing pain in mental health].

Understand pain in mental health a model which integrates biological, psychological and socio-cultural factors is called for. Due to the psychiatric dimension, the perception of pain in patients, in particular for those suffering from schizophrenia, is complex. The assessment of pain is imperative.

[Drawing up guidelines for the attendance of physical health of patients with severe mental illness].

Introduction: Having a mental illness has been and remains even now, a strong barrier to effective medical care. Most mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression are associated with undue medical morbidity and mortality. It represents a major health problem, with a 15 to 30 year shorter lifetime compared with the general population.