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Why are somatic diseases in bipolar disorder insufficiently treated?

René Ernst NielsenPirathiv KugathasanSune StraszekSvend Eggert JensenRasmus W Licht
Published in: International journal of bipolar disorders (2019)
It is surprising and of major concern that patients with bipolar disorder have not benefitted from the significant improvement that has taken place over time over time of somatic treatments in general, especially in countries with equal and free access to healthcare services. Therefore, no matter whether this situation is a result of a negative attitude from health care providers to patients with mental illness, the result of the patient's lack of awareness of their physical illness or the results of other factors, further attention including research on developing strategies for improving the management of somatic diseases in patients with bipolar disorder is needed.
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