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Tackling Premature Death in People with Schizophrenia

By Scott Stroup

December 12, 2016

People diagnosed with schizophrenia die prematurely at an alarmingly high rate. The main causes of premature death among people with schizophrenia are medical illnesses that are preventable and treatable.

In Schizophrenia and Other Primary Psychotic Disorders