Public Health England

Government Agency (Health and Adult Social Care)

Gabriele Price - Chief Investigator - Public Health EnglandGabriele Price - Corresponding Applicant - Public Health EnglandAlex Stirzaker - Collaborator - NHS EnglandCam Lugton - Collaborator - Public Health EnglandDavid Osborn - Collaborator - UCL Division of PsychiatryHiral Mehta - Collaborator - NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric AdministrationJames Kirkbride - Collaborator - University College London ( UCL )Joseph Hayes - Collaborator - University College London ( UCL )Matthew Wickenden - Collaborator - NHS England

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Compared to the general population, people with severe mental illness (SMI) experience poorer physical health and they often die 15-20 years earlier, usually from physical conditions that can be prevented such as heart and lung disease. Studies on personality disorders (PD) are limited, and at times the conditions are misunderstood and underdiagnosed.

People with severe mental illness (SMI) have reduced life expectancy and are at increased risk of physical health comorbidities compared to the general population. Recorded prevalence of SMI, as seen on GP registers is reported to be 0.93%. However, the register does not provide prevalence breakdowns by demographic and socio-economic which are proven to affect prevalence of SMI. There is no national register for people with personality disorders (PD). As reported in the 2014 Annual Psychiatry Morbidity Survey, the prevalence of people positively screened for Borderline Personality Disorder was 2.4% and for Antisocial Personality Disorder 3.3% .

08/04/2021

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