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Years of potential life lost and life expectancy in schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

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The effects of schizophrenia on years potential life lost and life expectancy seem to be substantial and not to have lessened over time, and development and implementation of interventions and initiatives to reduce this mortality gap are urgently needed.
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This article is published in The Lancet Psychiatry.The article was published on 2017-04-01. It has received 665 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Years of potential life lost & Life expectancy.

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The Lancet Psychiatry Commission: a blueprint for protecting physical health in people with mental illness

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TL;DR: This Commission summarises advances in understanding on the topic of physical health in people with mental illness, and presents clear directions for health promotion, clinical care, and future research.
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Schizophrenia-An Overview

TL;DR: An overview of the clinical characteristics, epidemiology, genetics, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology of schizophrenia is provided to provide a basis to understand the disorder and its treatment.
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Smoking and Mental Illness: A Population-Based Prevalence Study

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report that persons with mental disorders are twice as likely to smoke as other individuals, but have substantial quit rates compared with persons without mental disorders, and that smoking rates for individuals with mental disorder are higher than those without mental disorder.
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A systematic review of mortality in schizophrenia: is the differential mortality gap worsening over time?

TL;DR: In light of the potential for second-generation antipsychotic medications to further adversely influence mortality rates in the decades to come, optimizing the general health of people with schizophrenia warrants urgent attention.
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Mortality in Mental Disorders and Global Disease Burden Implications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

TL;DR: Estimates suggest that mental disorders rank among the most substantial causes of death worldwide, and efforts to quantify and address the global burden of illness need to better consider the role of mental disorders in preventable mortality.
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Excess mortality of mental disorder.

TL;DR: All mental disorders have an increased risk of premature death, and risk of death from unnatural causes is especially high for the functional disorders, particularly schizophrenia and major depression.
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Schizophrenia: A Concise Overview of Incidence, Prevalence, and Mortality

TL;DR: The epidemiology of schizophrenia is characterized by prominent variability and gradients that can help guide future research.
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INTERPRETATION The effects of schizophrenia on years potential life lost and life expectancy seem to be substantial and not to have lessened over time.