People with serious mental illness tend to die prematurely. We can fix that - STAT

People with serious mental illness tend to die prematurely. We can fix that - STAT

Opinion: People with serious mental illness tend to die prematurely. We can fix that

By SHEKHAR SAXENA AND RALPH AQUILA

YASSER AL-ZAYYAT/AFP/GETTY IMAGES

People with serious mental illness die 10 to 25 years earlier than the general population, largely from undertreated physical ailments like heart disease.

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