Mutamba Byamah
Butabika national referral mental hospital, Uganda
Title: Mental disorders and non-communicable diseases
Biography
Biography: Mutamba Byamah
Abstract
Mental disorders and non-communicable diseases (NCDs) commonly occur together and relate to each other in a complex way. People with severe mental illness (SMI) are at risk of the metabolic syndrome irrespective of antipsychotic treatment and are also at increased risk of other comorbid physical disorders. Because of their mental state, patients with SMI have limited access to appropriate health care and/or are not routinely assessed for these ailments resulting into poorer health outcomes. The profile of NCDs in patients with SMI in the patient population at Butabika Mental Hospital in Uganda is not well understood hence this study.