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Session: Mental Health and Medical Comorbidity
4301.0: Tuesday, November 9, 2004: 4:30 PM-6:00 PM
Oral
Mental Health and Medical Comorbidity
This session will address a broad range of important issues regarding mental health and medical comorbidities, including obesity, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and HIV/AIDS.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this session, participants will be able to idenify and discuss a broad range of issues regarding mental health and medical comorbidities, including obesity, hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and HIV/AIDS.
Moderator(s):Mayur M. Desai, PhD, MPH
4:30 PMObesity among individuals with serious mental illness: Comparison with a matched general population sample and quality of life correlates  [ Recorded presentation ]
Faith Dickerson, PhD, MPH, Clayton Brown, PhD, LiJuan Fang, MS, Julie Kreyenbuhl, PharmD, PhD, Richard Goldberg, PhD, Karen Wohlheiter, Lisa B. Dixon, MD, MPH
4:45 PMObesity and depression: A comparison of Native American and white youth in rural North Carolina  [ Recorded presentation ]
Sarah Mustillo, PhD, Carol Worthman, PhD, Alaattin Erkanli, PhD, Gordon Keeler, MS, Adrian Angold, MD, E. Jane Costello, PhD
5:00 PMHypertension, Health-Related Quality of Life and Mental Disorders: Factors associated with Awareness of Hypertension in a Community Sample
Norbert Schmitz, Johannes Kruse
5:15 PMPrevalence of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease among those with Serious Mental Illness
Seth Himelhoch, MD, MPH, Anthony Lehman, MD, MSPH, Lisa B. Dixon, MD, MPH, Clayton Brown, PhD, Gail Daumit, MD, MHS, Julie Kreyenbuhl, PharmD, PhD
5:30 PMRates of Opportunistic Infections among persons with HIV/AIDS, substance abusers, and persons with serious mental illness  [ Recorded presentation ]
Michael B Blank, PhD, Aileen Rothbard, ScD, David Metzger, PhD, William Thompson, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Mental Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA