scholarly journals Premature Mortality Among People with Mental Illness: Advocacy in Academic Psychiatry

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 441-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Weiss Roberts ◽  
Alan K. Louie ◽  
Anthony P. S. Guerrero ◽  
Richard Balon ◽  
Eugene V. Beresin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Academic Psychiatry ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
People With Mental Illness

scholarly journals Physical health disparities and mental illness: the scandal of premature mortality

2011 ◽  
Vol 199 (6) ◽  
pp. 441-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graham Thornicroft
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Premature Mortality ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Lifestyle Risk Factors ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Lifestyle Risk ◽  
The Right ◽  
International Conventions

SummaryA 20-year mortality gap for men, and 15 years for women, is still experienced by people with mental illness in high-income countries. The combination of lifestyle risk factors, higher rates of unnatural deaths and poorer physical healthcare contribute to this scandal of premature mortality that contravenes international conventions for the ‘right to health.’

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