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Smokefree Mental Health Services A Chance to Improve Health

Smokefree Mental Health Services A Chance to Improve Health Focus on… Smokefree Mental Health Services – A Chance to Improve Health? Sasha Cain Consultant Health Psychologist Camden Primary Care Trust Background population compared with both the general population and with other high-risk groups, addressing smoking The World Health Organization (WHO) defines cessation becomes a high healthcare priority. mental health as being an integral part of health and Supporting this approach, the WHO (2004) has shown says that it is intimately linked with physical health that many interventions designed to improve physical and our behaviours (WHO, 2004). This is clearly health also have an impact on mental health. Of course backed up by evidence of the physical health there will always be tensions between the competing inequalities that exist for people with mental health work priorities for mental health services; however, problems (Nocon, 2004), which lead to a this article aims to provide evidence for prioritising disproportionately higher number of deaths than in smoking cessation, as smoking is the biggest the general population. The Disability Rights preventable cause of disease and premature death in Commission is currently investigating these health the UK (Health Development Agency, 2004). The inequalities; their interim findings indicate that people Northern Ireland Strategy and Action http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Mental Health Review Journal Emerald Publishing

Smokefree Mental Health Services A Chance to Improve Health

Mental Health Review Journal , Volume 11 (2): 4 – Jun 1, 2006

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
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Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
1361-9322
DOI
10.1108/13619322200600018
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Abstract

Focus on… Smokefree Mental Health Services – A Chance to Improve Health? Sasha Cain Consultant Health Psychologist Camden Primary Care Trust Background population compared with both the general population and with other high-risk groups, addressing smoking The World Health Organization (WHO) defines cessation becomes a high healthcare priority. mental health as being an integral part of health and Supporting this approach, the WHO (2004) has shown says that it is intimately linked with physical health that many interventions designed to improve physical and our behaviours (WHO, 2004). This is clearly health also have an impact on mental health. Of course backed up by evidence of the physical health there will always be tensions between the competing inequalities that exist for people with mental health work priorities for mental health services; however, problems (Nocon, 2004), which lead to a this article aims to provide evidence for prioritising disproportionately higher number of deaths than in smoking cessation, as smoking is the biggest the general population. The Disability Rights preventable cause of disease and premature death in Commission is currently investigating these health the UK (Health Development Agency, 2004). The inequalities; their interim findings indicate that people Northern Ireland Strategy and Action

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Mental Health Review JournalEmerald Publishing

Published: Jun 1, 2006

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