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Mental-health patients dying young
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
January 31, 2011
Studies have found that people with serious mental illness are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease and die on average 25 years younger than the general population… people with serious mental illness account for the majority of suicides in Canada — 3,240 out of 3,512 annual deaths — but also a tremendous portion of people dying from cardiovascular disease, as much as 46,000 out of about 69,000 deaths. There many possible reasons for this, including weight gain caused by antipsychotic medication and lifestyle factors including smoking, lack of exercise and diet.
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