Severe mental illness ‘doubles risk of CV death’
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People with severe mental illness in countries like Australia have about twice the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease compared with the general population, a review shows.
The systematic review and meta-analysis across 108 studies, involving more than 30 million people, found those with severe mental illness — including schizophrenia, other psychoses and bipolar disorder (BD) — fared worse for heart disease and stroke, and the gap was worsening.