Physical health disparities and mental illness: the scandal of premature mortality.
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A 20-year mortality gap for men, and 15 years for women, is still experienced by people with mental illness in high-income countries. The combination of lifestyle risk factors, higher rates of unnatural deaths and poorer physical healthcare contribute to this scandal of premature mortality that contravenes international conventions for the 'right to health.'
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science
دوره 199 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011