This document summarizes research on the relationship between physical and mental health conditions. It finds that around 16-20% of cancer patients experience depression, and rates of other mental health issues like anxiety are also elevated in various physical illnesses. Longer time since diagnosis is linked to higher rates of some mental health problems. Having a physical and mental health condition simultaneously is associated with much greater impairment and higher health care costs and mortality risk compared to having just one or neither. Integrated treatment of both physical and mental health issues is recommended.

1. Physical Health / Mental Health:
Evidence based exploration of co-morbidity
Alex J Mitchell ajm80@le.ac.uk
Long term conditions and mental health, Northampton November 2012

2. Alex J Mitchell (2012)
Contents
1. Psychiatric ‐ Physical illness Comorbidity
2. Psychiatric complications of Specific Physical illnesses
3. Psychiatric Physical Comorbidity => Burden
4. Psychiatric Physical Comorbidity => Mortality
5. Medical Care for Psychiatric Patients
6. Monitoring and Treatment

3. National Reports
Alex J Mitchell (2012)

4. 1. Psychiatric ‐ Physical illness Comorbidity
Large Surveys

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2007 Australian National Survey of Mental
Health and Wellbeing (n= 8841, 16-85 years)
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Washington State Survey (n=23,000)
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31% alone
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Depressive Symptoms in Medical
Conditions (on CES-D8) n=8400

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Mental Health Comorbidity in Medical dis
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10. 2. Psychiatric complications of Specific Phys illness
Whats new?

11. Prevalence of depression in Oncology settings Plumb & Holland (1981)
Proportion meta-analysis plot [random effects]
0.7750 (0.6679, 0.8609)
Levine et al (1978) 0.5600 (0.4572, 0.6592)
Ciaramella and Poli (2001) 0.4900 (0.3886, 0.5920)
Massie et al (1979) 0.4850 (0.4303, 0.5401)
70 studies involving 10,071 individuals;14 countries. Bukberg et al (1984)
Passik et al (2001)
0.4194 (0.2951, 0.5515)
0.4167 (0.2907, 0.5512)
16.3% (95% CI = 13.9% to 19.5%) Baile et al (1992)
Morton et al (1984)
Hall et al (1999)
0.4000 (0.2570, 0.5567)
0.3958 (0.2577, 0.5473)
0.3722 (0.3139, 0.4333)
Burgess et al (2005) 0.3317 (0.2672, 0.4012)
Jenkins et al (1991) 0.3182 (0.1386, 0.5487)
Mj 15% Mn 19% Adj 20% Anx 10% Dysthymia 3%
Green et al (1998) 0.3125 (0.2417, 0.3904)
Kathol et al (1990) 0.2961 (0.2248, 0.3754)
Hosaka and Aoki (1996) 0.2800 (0.1623, 0.4249)
Fallowfield et al (1990) 0.2565 (0.2054, 0.3131)
Golden et al (1991) 0.2308 (0.1353, 0.3519)
Spiegel et al (1984) 0.2292 (0.1495, 0.3261)
Evans et al (1986) 0.2289 (0.1438, 0.3342)
Grandi et al (1987) 0.2222 (0.0641, 0.4764)
Maunsell et al (1992) 0.2146 (0.1605, 0.2772)
Berard et al (1998) 0.2100 (0.1349, 0.3029)
Joffe et al (1986) 0.1905 (0.0545, 0.4191)
Berard et al (1998) 0.1900 (0.1184, 0.2807)
Devlen et al (1987) 0.1889 (0.1141, 0.2851)
Leopold et al (1998) 0.1887 (0.0944, 0.3197)
Akizuki et al (2005) 0.1797 (0.1376, 0.2283)
Razavi et al (1990) 0.1667 (0.1189, 0.2241)
Gandubert et al (2009) 0.1597 (0.1040, 0.2300)
Alexander et al (1993) 0.1333 (0.0594, 0.2459)
Kugaya et al (1998) 0.1328 (0.0793, 0.2041)
Payne et al (1999) 0.1290 (0.0363, 0.2983)
Ibbotson et al (1994) 0.1242 (0.0776, 0.1853)
Prieto et al (2002) 0.1227 (0.0825, 0.1735)
Morasso et al (1996) 0.1121 (0.0593, 0.1877)
Desai et al (1999) [early] 0.1111 (0.0371, 0.2405)
Silberfarb et al (1980) 0.1027 (0.0587, 0.1638)
Costantini et al (1999) 0.0985 (0.0535, 0.1625)
Morasso et al (2001) 0.0985 (0.0535, 0.1625)
Ozalp et al (2008) 0.0971 (0.0576, 0.1510)
Love et al (2002) 0.0957 (0.0650, 0.1346)
Alexander et al (2010) 0.0900 (0.0542, 0.1385)
Coyne et al (2004) 0.0885 (0.0433, 0.1567)
Kawase et al (2006) 0.0851 (0.0553, 0.1240)
Walker et al (2007) 0.0831 (0.0568, 0.1165)
Grassi et al (1993) 0.0828 (0.0448, 0.1374)
Grassi et al (2009) 0.0826 (0.0385, 0.1510)
Reuter and Hart (2001) 0.0761 (0.0422, 0.1244)
Lee et al (1992) 0.0660 (0.0356, 0.1102)
Pasacreta et al (1997) 0.0633 (0.0209, 0.1416)
Sneeuw et al (1994) 0.0540 (0.0367, 0.0761)
Singer et al (2008) 0.0519 (0.0300, 0.0830)
Katz et al (2004) 0.0500 (0.0104, 0.1392)
Mehnert et al (2007) 0.0472 (0.0175, 0.1000)
Lansky et al (1985) 0.0455 (0.0291, 0.0676)
Derogatis et al (1983) 0.0372 (0.0162, 0.0720)
Hardman et al (1989) 0.0317 (0.0087, 0.0793)
Massie and Holland (1987) 0.0147 (0.0063, 0.0287)
Colon et al (1991) 0.0100 (0.0003, 0.0545)
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13. 3. Psychiatric Physical Comorbidity => Burden
How to measure burden?
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Quality of life: Moussavi et al (2007) Lancet 2007; 370: 851–58

17. 4. Psychiatric Physical Comorbidity => Mortality
Whats new?
Morbidity
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Mortality and Depression - IHD
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Mortality after MI => +11%

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Disability Rights Commission. Equal treatment: closing the gap, July 2006
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Problem….poor matching
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30. 5. Medical Care for Psychiatric Patients
Psychiatric Care
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Quality of Care comparisons
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