a multifaceted diseaserelated approach is needed to reduce this excess mortality including primary care prevention of physical ill health among people with mental disorders better integration of physical and mental health care behavioural interventions and efforts to change professional attitudes the use of individual care plans icps could help support patients and their care providers to secure the care package that they need over time across several oecd countries notably in norway and japan icps are not fully exploited as a tool to promote good coordination and good quality of care between mental and physical health oecd d f scope exists to raise professional awareness around the need to attend to the physical health needs of individuals with mental illhealth