People with serious mental illness tend to die prematurely. We can fix that | NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness

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

Posted on November 8, 2018

Looks at the fact that people with serious mental illness die 10 to 25 years earlier than the general population. In low- and middle-income countries, 90 percent of people with serious mental illnesses are outside the formal health care system. There is growing global evidence that shows how to change these disparities including new care guidelines released by the World Health Organization.

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