A Importância da Vigilância de Fatores de Risco Cardiovascular, Vacinação e Rastreios Oncológicos em Pessoas com Perturbação Mental Grave

Patricia Bidarra do Nascimento; Diogo Barata de Almeida; Filipe Oliveira Azevedo; Rui Pedro Albuquerque

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The Importance of Monitoring Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Vaccination, and Cancer Screening in Individuals with Severe Mental Disorders

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Patricia Bidarra do Nascimento Unidade de Saúde Familiar Descobertas. Unidade Local de Saúde de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2089-4032
Diogo Barata de Almeida Unidade de Saúde Familiar Descobertas. Unidade Local de Saúde de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3343-6859
Filipe Oliveira Azevedo Serviço de Psiquiatria. Hospital de Egas Moniz. Unidade Local de Saúde de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0841-362X
Rui Pedro Albuquerque Serviço de Psiquiatria. Hospital de Egas Moniz. Unidade Local de Saúde de Lisboa Ocidental. Lisboa. & Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. NOVA Medical School. Universidade NOVA de Lisboa. Lisboa. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0401-4798

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https://doi.org/10.20344/amp.23769

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Heart Disease Risk Factors, Mass Screening, Mental Disorders/complications, Neoplasms, Risk Assessment, Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders/complications

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2025-11-03

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Bidarra do Nascimento P, Barata de Almeida D, Oliveira Azevedo F, Albuquerque RP. The Importance of Monitoring Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Vaccination, and Cancer Screening in Individuals with Severe Mental Disorders. Acta Med Port [Internet]. 2025 Nov. 3 [cited 2025 Dec. 7];38(11):755-6. Available from: https://actamedicaportuguesa.com/revista/index.php/amp/article/view/23769

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