A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looks at how a person's physical health is tied to a person's mental health. Behavioral Healthcare provides an analysis of the report.

"Amazingly, we have never before examined the effects of positive mental health in mitigating mental or physical illnesses. As you know, many persons with mental illnesses also suffer from other chronic diseases. In fact, they are likely to die 25 years younger than other Americans because of chronic illnesses, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. We need to know the role that positive mental health plays in preventing or delaying the onset of these chronic illnesses, as well as the role that it plays in mental illness."

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