The Health and Well-being of Children and Adolescents Accessing In-Patient Psychiatry: A Brief Report.

OBJECTIVE: People with mental illness have high rates of physical illness that are not detected and that shorten their lifespan. Health behaviours are central to physical health, and many children and adolescents with psychiatric illness may be at risk for poor physical health. The purpose for this study was to explore the self-reported health behaviours and well-being of pediatric psychiatric patients and their association with mental health …