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Health services administration
Volume 207 - Issue 4

Cardiovascular disease in patients with schizophrenia

Authors:  Leonard Kritharides, Vincent Chow and Tim JR Lambert

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (4): 179. || doi: 10.5694/mja17.00258
Published online: 21 August 2017
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We thank Skalicky for his interest in our article.1 We agree that a rehabilitation approach to complement the model of care may be very helpful. Patients and services work within significant financial constraints, thus all goals need to be stepped, meaningful and achievable. Previous literature supports the utility of family psychosocial interventions for patients with schizophrenia in encouraging compliance and reducing hospital admission.2 Our service is structured to embrace community rehabilitation services and emphasises the need to contextualise goals for each individual.

Authors

  • Leonard Kritharides1,2
  • Vincent Chow1,3
  • Tim JR Lambert4
  • 1. Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, NSW
  • 2. ANZAC Research Institute, Sydney, NSW
  • 3. Collaborative Centre for Cardiometabolic Health in Psychosis, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW
  • 4. University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

Correspondence: leonard.kritharides@sydney.edu.au

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