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Implementing metabolic risk assessment in a secondary care mental health service
Lucy Dunbar1, Amanda Wheeler, Jeff Harrison
1Clinical Research and Resource Centre, Mental Health and Addictions, Waitemata District Health Board, Auckland, New Zealand. Lucy.Dunbar@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to describe a metabolic risk assessment programme that was established by community mental health teams working within one locality of a District Health Board in Auckland.
Conclusions:
Physical health disparities between people with serious mental illness and the general population are of great concern. We have described a systematic way to engage with clients about the prevention of two important contributors to these disparities: cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus. Around 15% of all adult service users of the mental health service in the locality attended this metabolic risk assessment clinic in the first 12 months of its operation.

