Interventions to Promote the Utilization of Physical Health Care for People with Severe Mental Illness: A Scoping Review.

Background: The main contributor to excess mortality in severe mental illness (SMI) is poor physical health. Causes include unfavorable health behaviors among people with SMI, stigmatization phenomena, as well as limited access to and utilization of physical health care. Patient centered interventions to promote the utilization of and access to existing physical health care facilities may be a pragmatic and cost-effective approach to improve health equity in this vulnerable and often neglected patient population.

Cost-effectiveness analysis, prevention of atopic dermatitis by oral application of bacterial lysate in newborns/small children.

Objectives: The aim of this analysis was to determine the cost-effectiveness compared to placebo of prophylactic treatment with sterile bacterial lysate (Escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecalis) (verum) of newborns/small children with heredity for atopy [atopic dermatitis (AD)]. Infants were followed from the age of 5 weeks until 3 years of age. During this time, the number of children with AD who were treated with verum or placebo was observed at eight visits.

Management of chronic spontaneous urticaria in real life--in accordance with the guidelines? A cross-sectional physician-based survey study.

Background: Recently, the updated EAACI/GA(2) LEN/EDF/WAO guidelines for urticaria have been published.

Objective: To examine how chronic spontaneous urticaria (csU) patients in Germany are diagnosed and treated, and to compare the outcome to the guideline recommendations.

Methods: During this cross-sectional survey study, most dermatologists, paediatricians and 5149 general practitioners in private practice in Germany were asked to participate.