Background Several studies and meta-analyses have shown that mortality in people with
schizophrenia is higher than that in the general population but have used relative measures …

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People with severe mental illness have a considerably shorter lifespan than the general
population. This excess mortality is mainly due to physical illness. Next to mental illness …

Schizophrenia is often referred to as one of the most severe mental disorders, primarily
because of the very high mortality rates of those with the disorder. This article reviews the …

Background: Physical exercise may be valuable for patients with schizophrenia spectrum
disorders as it may have beneficial effect on clinical symptoms, quality of life and cognition …

Objective Schizophrenia is associated with premature mortality, but the specific causes and
pathways are unclear. The authors used outpatient and inpatient data for a national …

Background: Schizophrenia is among the major causes of disability worldwide and the
mortality from cardiovascular disease (CVD) is significantly elevated. There is a growing …

Objective To determine whether refugees are at elevated risk of schizophrenia and other
non-affective psychotic disorders, relative to non-refugee migrants from similar regions of …

Several lines of evidence suggest that genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have the
potential to explain more of the" missing heritability" of common complex phenotypes …

Patients with schizophrenia have increased mortality and morbidity compared with the
general population. These patients have a 20-year shorter lifespan than peers without …