The road to equally well: Promoting physical health for adolescents with mental health illness

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The road to equally well: Promoting physical health for adolescents with mental health illness

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People with mental illness have higher mortality and morbidity rates than the general population. There is a raft of reasons why this occurs but includes stigma and discrimination, poorly connected health services with unclear professional role clarification and the illness itself. Adolescence is a common emergent stage for mental illness development and is therefore a target stage for health education, promotion and wellbeing into adulthood. Habits formed during adolescent are highly likely ...

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Research paper

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2018

Creator

Loomes, Barbara

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6043

Related subjects

New Zealand / adolescents / mental health patients / physical activity / motivation / patient education / health promotion / interviews / Mental health nursing / Adolescent health

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