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  • Excess mortality from cancer in people with mental illness-Out of sight and out of mind (Editorial)

    Author(s)
    Kisely, Stephen
    Siskind, Dan
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Kisely, Steve R.
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    The mortality rate for people with mental illness (MI) is approximately 70% more than for the general population even after adjusting for relevant factors such as socio-economic status.1 In the case of people with severe mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia the rate is even higher.1 As a result, their life expectancy is between 15 and 20 years less than that of the general population, a gap similar to that of Indigenous peoples.2 The vast majority of excess deaths are because of chronic physical disease. Indeed, excess mortality from chronic physical disorders is 10 times that of suicide yet receives far less attention.1, 2The mortality rate for people with mental illness (MI) is approximately 70% more than for the general population even after adjusting for relevant factors such as socio-economic status.1 In the case of people with severe mental illness (SMI) such as schizophrenia the rate is even higher.1 As a result, their life expectancy is between 15 and 20 years less than that of the general population, a gap similar to that of Indigenous peoples.2 The vast majority of excess deaths are because of chronic physical disease. Indeed, excess mortality from chronic physical disorders is 10 times that of suicide yet receives far less attention.1, 2
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    Journal Title
    Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
    Volume
    144
    Issue
    4
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1111/acps.13363
    Subject
    Psychology
    Health sciences
    Science & Technology
    Life Sciences & Biomedicine
    Psychiatry
    SCHIZOPHRENIA
    METAANALYSIS
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/408608
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