With Dr. Paul Kurdyak

There is significant evidence describing disparities in health and quality of health care among people with severe mental illness. There is far less evidence on how to address these disparities. Evidence is urgently needed to address early mortality and quality of care gaps for people with severe mental illness.

Objectives

• Describe the mortality risk associated with severe mental illness, including specific causes of death.
• Discuss the quality of medical care for common medical conditions for people with severe mental illness.
• Discuss the quality-of-care disparities observed in this population

Dr. Paul Kurdyak is Director of Health Outcomes and Performance Evaluation in the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research and Medical Director of Performance Improvement at CAMH. He is also Lead of the Mental Health and Addictions Research Program at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).