Health and Wellness in People Living with Serious Mental Illness

People with serious mental illness get sick and die 10–20 years younger, compared to others in their same age cohort. The reasons, and possible interventions, are many, but further research is necessary for the continued development and evaluation of strategies to combat the health challenges faced by these patients.

Health and Wellness in People Living With Serious Mental Illness examines health and wellness concerns of people with mental illness, as well as possible solutions to these concerns. Through multiple case vignettes, the book delves into challenges of health and wellness for people with mental illness, summarizing the research on mortality and morbidity in this group as well as information about the status quo on wellness. Research approaches should be grounded in community-based participatory research, an approach that includes people in a community as partners in all facets of research, rather than just the subjects of study.

Co-edited by Patrick Corrigan, with a 30-year history in services research, and Sonya Ballentine, a community-based member of a CBPR team, this volume offers a grounded, real-world illustration of CBPR in practice.