Looking at the whole picture: Mental, physical and social assessment

Prof Margaret Maxwell

Prof Margaret Maxwell has blogged for the National Institute for Health Research this weekend:

“A quarter of the UK population will experience some kind of mental health problem during their lives, most commonly depression and anxiety. The likelihood of someone with physical health problems also experiencing mental health problems is now well recognised, although the nature of the relationship between depression and physical disease or illness remains ambiguous.”

Read the full article here: http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/mental-health-matters/looking-at-the-whole-picture-mental,-physical-and-social-assessment