Characteristic Of Serious Mental Illness
Obesity has reached the point of being called a public crisis, and new research suggests that obesity is even more prevalent in people who suffer from serious mental illness. According to a recent press release from the publication Mental Health Weekly, the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors has called the obesity problem in people with seriously mental illness "an epidemic within an epidemic." The organization's new report calls for interventions to address obesity...
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