Nearly one-third of people with a long-term physical condition have a co-morbid mental disorder such as depression or anxiety. Co-morbidity of physical and mental illness such as depression is well known to increase impairment of functioning. Here, recent findings on the prevalence of co-morbid mental and chronic physical health and the impact of co-morbidity on overall health are summarized.

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Author: Ana Miorelli,

Psychiatric aspects of chronic physical disease,
Medicine,
Volume 48, Issue 12,
2020,
Pages 784-787