1. Barriers to Self-management of Serious Mental Illness and Diabetes.
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Blixen, Carol E., Kanuch, Stephanie, Perzynski, Adam T., Thomas, Charles, Dawson, Neal V., and Sajatovic, Martha
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TREATMENT of diabetes ,MENTAL illness treatment ,CONTENT analysis ,MENTAL depression ,HEALTH services accessibility ,INTERVIEWING ,BIPOLAR disorder ,PHENOMENOLOGY ,RESEARCH funding ,SCHIZOPHRENIA ,HEALTH self-care ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics - Abstract
The article presents a study on the obstacles to self-management of serious mental illness (SMI) and diabetes mellitus (DM). It discusses findings on the domains of barriers to such self-management including personal level barriers such as stress, isolation and stigma, family and community level barriers such as lack of support from family and friends and provider and health care system level barriers such as poor relationships and communication with providers as well as fragmentation of care.
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- 2016
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