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16:45 pm
4125 (O):
4125 - Comorbidity of mental and physical illness: a major problem for the medecine of the 21st Century.
Prof. Dr. med. Norman Sartorius | Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (AMH), Genf | Switzerland
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Prof. Dr. med. Norman Sartorius | Association for the Improvement of Mental Health Programmes (AMH), Genf | Switzerland
Comorbidity of mental and physical illness is a major public health problem made worse by the current tendencies of fragmentation of medicine into ever more narrow specialities. Data from the World Health Organization and a variety of other sources shows that comorbidity is increasing with the age of the population and is a main concern for significant loss of life years for people with this type of comorbidity.
The presentation will draw attention to evidence about the frequency of comorbidity and its consequences. It will also discuss options for dealing with the problem raised by this type of comorbidity.