Health screening, cardiometabolic disease and adverse health outcomes in individuals with severe mental illness.

Background: Poor physical health in severe mental illness (SMI) remains a major issue for clinical practice.

Aims: To use electronic health records of routinely collected clinical data to determine levels of screening for cardiometabolic disease and adverse health outcomes in a large sample (n = 7718) of patients with SMI, predominantly schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Method: We linked data from the Glasgow Psychosis Clinical Information System (PsyCIS) to morbidity records, routine blood results and prescribing data.