Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in severe mental illness: A timely diagnosis to advance the process of quitting smoking.
María José Jaén-MorenoN FeuG I Del PozoC GómezL CarriónG M ChaucaI GulerF J MontielM D SánchezJose Ángel AlcaláLuis Gutiérrez-RojasV MolinaJulio BobesVicent Balanzá-MartínezC Ruiz-RullF SarrameaPublished in: European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists (2021)
In this clinical pilot trial, one in four outpatients with an SMI who smoked had undiagnosed COPD. An intensive intervention tool favors the early detection of COPD and maintains its efficacy to quit smoking, compared with the standard 5 A's intervention.