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Area of Science:

  • Public Health
  • Clinical Medicine
  • Psychiatry

Background:

  • Mental-physical multimorbidity is common and challenges single-disease healthcare models.
  • Mental and physical health are bidirectionally linked.
  • This condition leads to increased symptom burden, lower quality of life, and poorer prognosis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To highlight the challenges posed by mental-physical multimorbidity.
  • To emphasize the need for new healthcare approaches.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on mental-physical multimorbidity.
  • Analysis of healthcare system challenges.

Main Results:

  • Symptom overlap, poor communication, and uncoordinated care complicate treatment.
  • Patients face significant symptom and treatment burdens.
  • Lower quality of life and impaired medical prognosis are common.

Conclusions:

  • Current healthcare systems struggle with mental-physical multimorbidity.
  • Patient-centered and cross-sectional approaches are essential.
  • Addressing this requires a shift from single-disease paradigms.