Scientists from Anglia Ruskin University have found that having a mental disorder almost doubles the risk of developing physical illness. Research results published In BMJ (British Medical Journal).
Researchers analyzed 19 scientific articles on the link between mental and physical health. More than 7.6 million people participated in the studies carried out within the scope of these studies. It turned out that people with mental disorders are 1.84 more likely to suffer from any physical disease. Patients with depression, bipolar personality disorder and schizophrenia often developed diabetes, obesity, hypertension, epilepsy, cancer, respiratory, vascular, kidney and gastrointestinal diseases.
This condition is called multimorbidity. This is the combination of many chronic diseases of various origins in one patient. The mechanisms underlying this relationship are not fully understood.
Researchers believe that ineffective treatment of comorbidities in people with mental disorders worsens their condition. Scientists believe in the need to further study the causes of multiple diseases and develop new recommendations for the treatment of mental disorders.
It was before to create A new possible risk factor for depression.