..., such as feeding behavior, fertility, and immune response [ 2 ]. In other words, GH and IGF-1 play a crucial role in both physical and mental performances, and consequently GHD not only dramatically impairs health-related quality of life (QoL), it also increases morbidity and mortality risk, even in patients...

... Nutrition Brain development Mental health Child growth Key Messages Optimal nutrition during preconception, pregnancy, and throughout childhood and adolescence supports optimal linear growth and brain development, and protects against adverse mental health outcomes. Prompt...

... Abstract Clinical Background: Mental disorders, especially depression, are associated with several comorbidities in the kidneys. Depression is the psychiatric disorder that mostly affects individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage kidney disease. Epidemiology...

... Abstract There is accumulating evidence from observational and intervention studies in nutritional psychiatry regarding the importance of diet for mental health outcomes across the lifespan. Here, we synthesise this evidence, including findings from large meta-analyses showing cross-sectional...

... Abstract In addition to physical health challenges, older people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) experience mental health burdens and challenges to their social well-being that diminish their overall health. These health states are synergistic and are driven by HIV and HIV treatments, the aging...

... failing to replicate the latter two findings [ 81 ]). Reduced telomere length was also correlated with decreased mental health in chronic heart failure [ 82 ] (but not in community-dwelling elderly men [ 83 ]), poorer cognition in community-dwelling elders [ 84 ] and healthy women [ 85 ], unspecified poor...

... Abstract Patients with mental illness have greater rates of smoking during their lifetime and experience severe social, health and psychological disadvantages, and stigma. This chapter begins by providing a brief update on the neurobiology of nicotine addiction and we present evidence...

... Abstract It is a rule rather than an exception that mental disorders occur in complex and manifold forms, and a number of models have been proposed to explain this co-occurrence or co-‘morbidity'. Autism spectrum disorders (ASD, i.e. autistic disorder, Asperger syndrome, and pervasive...

... Abstract Diabetes and depression provide a model for understanding the comorbidity of mental and physical disorders, as each influences the other while sharing a broad range of biological, psychological, socioeconomic and cultural determinants. Diabetes and depression may be viewed as: (1...

... Abstract This chapter uses a public health perspective to provide an overview of the key determinants and shared pathways for the causes of non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders and their outcomes. Current understandings about their co-occurrence, prevention and control...

... Abstract People with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have increased morbidity and shortened life expectancy compared with the general population. The prevalence of many physical illnesses is increased in people with severe mental illness and accounts for around three quarters of all deaths...

... Abstract Over many years, it has been shown that cancer represents a significant proportion of excess mortality for people with mental illness. In this chapter, we probe this relationship in more detail, and examine the progression of factors that play a role in this finding. Against...

... the course of psychiatric disorders. Psychiatric symptoms during virulent infections, often presenting as encephalitis or meningitis, normally are diagnosed as mental disorders due to a general medical condition. On the other hand, an expanding research field underpins the view that infections and activation...

... of primary care; however, there is no universal model of provision, and barriers to the management of physical and mental comorbidity can be identified in primary care settings. Models of collaborative care which derive from the Chronic Care Model have shown some promise in management of comorbidity...

... Abstract This chapter aims to explore the possibilities of preventing comorbid mental and physical disorders. It presents a framework of optional preventive strategies based on four explanatory models of comorbidity and six strategic dimensions. Addressing common early risk factors is discussed...

... Abstract There are inequalities in health among migrants and local populations in Europe. Due to migration, Germany, Norway and Sweden have become ethnic culturally diverse nations. There are barriers to mental health care access for refugees, migrants and minorities, and problems with quality...