From impact factors to real impact: translating evidence on lifestyle interventions into routine mental health care

Jeroen Deenik*, Louise Czosnek, Scott B Teasdale, Brendon Stubbs, Joseph Firth, Felipe B Schuch, Diederik E Tenback, Peter N van Harten, Erwin C P M Tak, Oscar Lederman, Philip B Ward, Ingrid J M Hendriksen, Davy Vancampfort, Simon Rosenbaum

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Abstract

The scandal of premature mortality in people with serious mental illness is well established. Despite an increase in studies evaluating the efficacy of lifestyle interventions, translating this evidence into routine clinical care and policies is challenging, in part due to limited effectiveness or implementation research. We highlight the challenge of implementation that is increasingly recognized in clinical practice, advocate for adopting implementation science to study the implementation and systematic update of effective interventions in practice and policy, and provide directions for future research.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1070-1073
Number of pages4
JournalTranslational Behavioral Medicine
Volume10
Issue number4
Early online date6 Jun 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2020

Keywords

  • Lifestyle
  • Severe mental illness
  • Implementation
  • Schizophrenia
  • Physical activity
  • PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY INTERVENTIONS
  • POSITION STATEMENT
  • PEOPLE
  • SCHIZOPHRENIA
  • ILLNESS
  • MORTALITY
  • EXERCISE
  • METAANALYSIS
  • ASSOCIATION
  • DISORDERS

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