Small steps: barriers and facilitators to physical health self-management by people living with mental illness

Enabling healthy living: Experiences of people with severe mental illness in psychiatric outpatient services

“…It has been found that people with SMI may focus more on their mental well‐being and stability than on their physical health (Hultsjö & Syrén ; Kemp et al . ). On the other hand, people with SMI have been described as having positive perceptions of physical health promotion in psychiatric care in terms of transforming a sedentary lifestyle or a poor diet (McDevitt et al .…”

What carers of family members with mental illness say, think and do about their relative's smoking and the implications for health promotion and service delivery: a qualitative study

“…The question of whether these statistics mean that people with mental illness constitute a 'hardened' population who will increasingly continue to smoke, continues to be debated (Gartner, Scollo, Marquart, Mathews & Hall, 2012). Existing research confirms that people with mental illness prefer lifestyle health promotion information sources that they consider reliable and accessible, from people they already know, such as health care providers, family and friends who offer support and encouragement (Kemp, Fisher, Lawn, Battersby & Isaac, 2014). However, several assumptions (by workers and smokers with mental illness, and anecdotally by carers) about smoking and mental illness have contributed to a lack of effective smoking cessation support for people with mental illness.…”

Exploring the Potential for Family Carers to Support People With Mental Illness to Stop Smoking

“…One Australian study also suggests that many people with mental illness who smoke feel unable to stop smoking, are fearful of becoming unwell if they try to stop smoking, like smoking, or feel that it gives them a sense of control in their lives when other aspects of their lives feel less within their control (Lawn, Pols & Barber, 2002). Existing research does, however, confirm that people with mental illness prefer lifestyle health promotion information sources that they consider reliable and accessible, from people they already know, such as health care providers, family and friends who offer support and encouragement (Kemp et al, 2015). Much of this literature has significant ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 11 limitations.…”