Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

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Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study findsBy Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to blame

Continue reading the main story Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim' Nurses 'bad example for patients' Jobs would combat mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder - problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social disadvantage - could be to blame.'Grim statistics' Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves as well.

Continue reading the main story Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancyEnd Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the physical health needs of people with mental illness had been ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system which treats mental health patients as second class citizens."'Symptoms overlooked' The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the government's mental health strategy objective of improving the physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: "Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus their attention on the mental health problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No health without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study findsBy Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to blame

Continue reading the main story Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim' Nurses 'bad example for patients' Jobs would combat mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder - problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social disadvantage - could be to blame.'Grim statistics' Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves as well.

Continue reading the main story Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancyEnd Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the physical health needs of people with mental illness had been ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system which treats mental health patients as second class citizens."'Symptoms overlooked' The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the government's mental health strategy objective of improving the physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: "Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus their attention on the mental health problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No health without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study findsBy Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to blame

Continue reading the main story Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim' Nurses 'bad example for patients' Jobs would combat mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder - problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social disadvantage - could be to blame.'Grim statistics' Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves as well.

Continue reading the main story Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancyEnd Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the physical health needs of people with mental illness had been ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system which treats mental health patients as second class citizens."'Symptoms overlooked' The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the government's mental health strategy objective of improving the physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: "Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus their attention on the mental health problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No health without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study findsBy Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to blame

Continue reading the main story Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim' Nurses 'bad example for patients' Jobs would combat mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder - problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social disadvantage - could be to blame.'Grim statistics' Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves as well.

Continue reading the main story Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancyEnd Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the physical health needs of people with mental illness had been ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system which treats mental health patients as second class citizens."'Symptoms overlooked' The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the government's mental health strategy objective of improving the physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: "Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus their attention on the mental health problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No health without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

By Dominic

Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors

like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to

blame

Continue reading the main story

Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim'

Nurses 'bad example for patients'

Jobs would combat

mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like

schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10

to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients

through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke

and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered

better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre

for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and

published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression

and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance

misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below

the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose

average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

disadvantage - could be to blame.

'Grim statistics'

Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people

with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after

themselves as well.

Continue

reading the main story

Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental

illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life

expectancy

End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health

conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk

factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare

of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It

is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact

that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a

health system which treats mental health patients as second

class citizens."

'Symptoms overlooked'

The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health,

Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement

the government's mental health strategy objective of improving

the physical health of all people with mental health problems,

and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the

NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said:

"Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make

informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes

have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be

missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health

complaints and focus their attention on the mental health

problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access

to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to

make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality

to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No

health without mental health', aims to improve the physical

health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature

deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are

available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

By Dominic

Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors

like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to

blame

Continue reading the main story

Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim'

Nurses 'bad example for patients'

Jobs would combat

mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like

schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10

to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients

through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke

and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered

better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre

for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and

published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression

and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance

misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below

the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose

average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

disadvantage - could be to blame.

'Grim statistics'

Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people

with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after

themselves as well.

Continue

reading the main story

Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental

illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life

expectancy

End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health

conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk

factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare

of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It

is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact

that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a

health system which treats mental health patients as second

class citizens."

'Symptoms overlooked'

The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health,

Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement

the government's mental health strategy objective of improving

the physical health of all people with mental health problems,

and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the

NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said:

"Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make

informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes

have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be

missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health

complaints and focus their attention on the mental health

problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access

to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to

make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality

to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No

health without mental health', aims to improve the physical

health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature

deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are

available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

By Dominic

Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors

like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to

blame

Continue reading the main story

Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim'

Nurses 'bad example for patients'

Jobs would combat

mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like

schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10

to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients

through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke

and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered

better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre

for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and

published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression

and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance

misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below

the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose

average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

disadvantage - could be to blame.

'Grim statistics'

Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people

with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after

themselves as well.

Continue

reading the main story

Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental

illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life

expectancy

End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health

conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk

factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare

of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It

is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact

that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a

health system which treats mental health patients as second

class citizens."

'Symptoms overlooked'

The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health,

Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement

the government's mental health strategy objective of improving

the physical health of all people with mental health problems,

and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the

NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said:

"Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make

informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes

have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be

missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health

complaints and focus their attention on the mental health

problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access

to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to

make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality

to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No

health without mental health', aims to improve the physical

health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature

deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are

available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

By Dominic

Health correspondent, BBC News

Researchers believe factors

like social disadvantage and long-term drug use could be to

blame

Continue reading the main story

Related Stories

Mental health 'top welfare claim'

Nurses 'bad example for patients'

Jobs would combat

mental illness

People suffering from serious mental illnesses like

schizophrenia or bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10

to 15 years lower than the UK average.

Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients

through the use of electronic medical records.

They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke

and cancer rather than suicide or violence.

Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered

better care to prevent premature deaths.

The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre

for mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and

published in the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action">PLoS ONE.

The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression

and bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance

misuse.

Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below

the UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose

average life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

disadvantage - could be to blame.

'Grim statistics'

Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people

with serious mental health conditions tended not to look after

themselves as well.

Continue

reading the main story

Start Quote

It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental

illness are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life

expectancy

End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

"These results show the enormous impact mental health

conditions can have on general health and survival," he said.

"The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk

factors like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

"We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare

of the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

developing effective screening programmes."

Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

ignored.

"These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It

is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

"Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact

that people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a

health system which treats mental health patients as second

class citizens."

'Symptoms overlooked'

The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health,

Professor Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement

the government's mental health strategy objective of improving

the physical health of all people with mental health problems,

and to address "the stark inequality in health as part of the

NHS reform process".

Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said:

"Doctors need to be more proactive in helping patients make

informed choices about long-term medications that can sometimes

have negative side effects for their physical health.

"There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be

missed by doctors who sometimes overlook physical health

complaints and focus their attention on the mental health

problem.

"It's vital that people with mental health problems have access

to routine physical health checks and that they are helped to

make healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality

to continue."

Care Services Minister Burstow said: "Our strategy, 'No

health without mental health', aims to improve the physical

health of people with mental health problems, reduce premature

deaths, and ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are

available for all who need them."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

[Guest guest]

Well said Sophie Corlett.

" Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors need

> to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about

> long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects

> for their physical health. "

What's going to inspire Doctors

to become more pro-active?

A better word than pro-active would be 'honest.'

> Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

>

> On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

> >

> >

> > Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

> >

> > By Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

> > Mental illnessResearchers believe factors like social disadvantage

> > and long-term drug use could be to blame Continue reading the main

> > story <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_1>

> >

> >

> > Related Stories

> >

> > * *Mental health 'top welfare claim'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13309755>

> > * *Nurses 'bad example for patients'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12732954>

> > * *Jobs would combat mental illness*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12376719>

> >

> > People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or

> > bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower

> > than the UK average.

> >

> > Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through

> > the use of electronic medical records.

> >

> > They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and

> > cancer rather than suicide or violence.

> >

> > Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better

> > care to prevent premature deaths.

> >

> > The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for

> > mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in

> > the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action " >*PLoS ONE*

> > <http://www.plosone.org/home.action>.

> >

> > The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

> > specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and

> > bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

> >

> > Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the

> > UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

> >

> > Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

> > problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average

> > life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

> > schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

> >

> > The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

> > lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

> > disadvantage - could be to blame.

> >

> > 'Grim statistics'

> >

> > Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with

> > serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves

> > as well.

> >

> > Continue reading the main story

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_2>

> >

> >

> > Start Quote

> >

> > It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness

> > are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy

> >

> > End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

> >

> > " These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can

> > have on general health and survival, " he said.

> >

> > " The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors

> > like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

> >

> > " We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

> > mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of

> > the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

> > developing effective screening programmes. "

> >

> > Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

> > physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

> > ignored.

> >

> > " These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is

> > completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

> > effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

> >

> > " Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that

> > people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system

> > which treats mental health patients as second class citizens. "

> >

> > 'Symptoms overlooked'

> >

> > The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor

> > Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the

> > government's mental health strategy objective of improving the

> > physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to

> > address " the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform

> > process " .

> >

> > Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors

> > need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices

> > about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side

> > effects for their physical health.

> >

> > " There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by

> > doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus

> > their attention on the mental health problem.

> >

> > " It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to

> > routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make

> > healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to

> > continue. "

> >

> > Care Services Minister Burstow said: " Our strategy, 'No health

> > without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of

> > people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and

> > ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all

> > who need them. "

> >

> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

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Sandi Sartorelli AKA Abra Cadabra

" Grow, grow, the lightning tree, never give in too easily. "

Check out the updated Patient Rights Advocacy's website:

http://prawi.sartorelli.gen.nz

[Guest guest]

Well said Sophie Corlett.

" Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors need

> to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about

> long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects

> for their physical health. "

What's going to inspire Doctors

to become more pro-active?

A better word than pro-active would be 'honest.'

> Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

>

> On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

> >

> >

> > Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

> >

> > By Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

> > Mental illnessResearchers believe factors like social disadvantage

> > and long-term drug use could be to blame Continue reading the main

> > story <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_1>

> >

> >

> > Related Stories

> >

> > * *Mental health 'top welfare claim'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13309755>

> > * *Nurses 'bad example for patients'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12732954>

> > * *Jobs would combat mental illness*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12376719>

> >

> > People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or

> > bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower

> > than the UK average.

> >

> > Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through

> > the use of electronic medical records.

> >

> > They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and

> > cancer rather than suicide or violence.

> >

> > Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better

> > care to prevent premature deaths.

> >

> > The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for

> > mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in

> > the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action " >*PLoS ONE*

> > <http://www.plosone.org/home.action>.

> >

> > The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

> > specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and

> > bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

> >

> > Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the

> > UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

> >

> > Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

> > problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average

> > life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

> > schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

> >

> > The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

> > lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

> > disadvantage - could be to blame.

> >

> > 'Grim statistics'

> >

> > Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with

> > serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves

> > as well.

> >

> > Continue reading the main story

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_2>

> >

> >

> > Start Quote

> >

> > It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness

> > are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy

> >

> > End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

> >

> > " These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can

> > have on general health and survival, " he said.

> >

> > " The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors

> > like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

> >

> > " We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

> > mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of

> > the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

> > developing effective screening programmes. "

> >

> > Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

> > physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

> > ignored.

> >

> > " These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is

> > completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

> > effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

> >

> > " Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that

> > people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system

> > which treats mental health patients as second class citizens. "

> >

> > 'Symptoms overlooked'

> >

> > The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor

> > Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the

> > government's mental health strategy objective of improving the

> > physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to

> > address " the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform

> > process " .

> >

> > Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors

> > need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices

> > about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side

> > effects for their physical health.

> >

> > " There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by

> > doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus

> > their attention on the mental health problem.

> >

> > " It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to

> > routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make

> > healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to

> > continue. "

> >

> > Care Services Minister Burstow said: " Our strategy, 'No health

> > without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of

> > people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and

> > ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all

> > who need them. "

> >

> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

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Sandi Sartorelli AKA Abra Cadabra

" Grow, grow, the lightning tree, never give in too easily. "

Check out the updated Patient Rights Advocacy's website:

http://prawi.sartorelli.gen.nz

[Guest guest]

Well said Sophie Corlett.

" Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors need

> to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about

> long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects

> for their physical health. "

What's going to inspire Doctors

to become more pro-active?

A better word than pro-active would be 'honest.'

> Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

>

> On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

> >

> >

> > Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

> >

> > By Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

> > Mental illnessResearchers believe factors like social disadvantage

> > and long-term drug use could be to blame Continue reading the main

> > story <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_1>

> >

> >

> > Related Stories

> >

> > * *Mental health 'top welfare claim'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13309755>

> > * *Nurses 'bad example for patients'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12732954>

> > * *Jobs would combat mental illness*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12376719>

> >

> > People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or

> > bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower

> > than the UK average.

> >

> > Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through

> > the use of electronic medical records.

> >

> > They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and

> > cancer rather than suicide or violence.

> >

> > Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better

> > care to prevent premature deaths.

> >

> > The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for

> > mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in

> > the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action " >*PLoS ONE*

> > <http://www.plosone.org/home.action>.

> >

> > The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

> > specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and

> > bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

> >

> > Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the

> > UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

> >

> > Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

> > problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average

> > life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

> > schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

> >

> > The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

> > lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

> > disadvantage - could be to blame.

> >

> > 'Grim statistics'

> >

> > Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with

> > serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves

> > as well.

> >

> > Continue reading the main story

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_2>

> >

> >

> > Start Quote

> >

> > It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness

> > are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy

> >

> > End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

> >

> > " These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can

> > have on general health and survival, " he said.

> >

> > " The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors

> > like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

> >

> > " We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

> > mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of

> > the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

> > developing effective screening programmes. "

> >

> > Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

> > physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

> > ignored.

> >

> > " These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is

> > completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

> > effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

> >

> > " Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that

> > people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system

> > which treats mental health patients as second class citizens. "

> >

> > 'Symptoms overlooked'

> >

> > The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor

> > Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the

> > government's mental health strategy objective of improving the

> > physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to

> > address " the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform

> > process " .

> >

> > Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors

> > need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices

> > about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side

> > effects for their physical health.

> >

> > " There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by

> > doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus

> > their attention on the mental health problem.

> >

> > " It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to

> > routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make

> > healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to

> > continue. "

> >

> > Care Services Minister Burstow said: " Our strategy, 'No health

> > without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of

> > people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and

> > ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all

> > who need them. "

> >

> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Sandi Sartorelli AKA Abra Cadabra

" Grow, grow, the lightning tree, never give in too easily. "

Check out the updated Patient Rights Advocacy's website:

http://prawi.sartorelli.gen.nz

[Guest guest]

Well said Sophie Corlett.

" Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors need

> to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices about

> long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side effects

> for their physical health. "

What's going to inspire Doctors

to become more pro-active?

A better word than pro-active would be 'honest.'

> Wouldn't be the treatments now would it?

>

> On 5/18/2011 3:04 AM, jeremy9282 wrote:

> >

> >

> > Mentally ill have reduced life expectancy, study finds

> >

> > By Dominic Health correspondent, BBC News

> > Mental illnessResearchers believe factors like social disadvantage

> > and long-term drug use could be to blame Continue reading the main

> > story <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_1>

> >

> >

> > Related Stories

> >

> > * *Mental health 'top welfare claim'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13309755>

> > * *Nurses 'bad example for patients'*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-12732954>

> > * *Jobs would combat mental illness*

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12376719>

> >

> > People suffering from serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia or

> > bipolar disorder can have a life expectancy 10 to 15 years lower

> > than the UK average.

> >

> > Researchers tracked the lives of more than 30,000 patients through

> > the use of electronic medical records.

> >

> > They found that many were dying early from heart attack, stroke and

> > cancer rather than suicide or violence.

> >

> > Mental health groups say vulnerable people need to be offered better

> > care to prevent premature deaths.

> >

> > The research was carried out at the Biomedical Research Centre for

> > mental health at the Maudsley Hospital in London and published in

> > the online journal http://www.plosone.org/home.action " >*PLoS ONE*

> > <http://www.plosone.org/home.action>.

> >

> > The study examined life expectancy for people suffering from

> > specific mental illnesses like schizophrenia, serious depression and

> > bipolar disorder, or those being treated for substance misuse.

> >

> > Life expectancy across all the illnesses studied was well below the

> > UK average of 77.4 years for men and 81.6 years for women.

> >

> > Those most affected were women with schizoaffective disorder -

> > problems with mood or sometimes abnormal thoughts - whose average

> > life expectancy was reduced by 17.5 years, and men with

> > schizophrenia whose lives were shortened by about 14.6 years.

> >

> > The researchers believe a combination of factors - higher-risk

> > lifestyles, long-term anti-psychotic drug use and social

> > disadvantage - could be to blame.

> >

> > 'Grim statistics'

> >

> > Dr Rob , of the Biomedical Research Centre, said people with

> > serious mental health conditions tended not to look after themselves

> > as well.

> >

> > Continue reading the main story

> > <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965#story_continues_2>

> >

> >

> > Start Quote

> >

> > It is completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness

> > are effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy

> >

> > End Quote Jane Rethink Mental Illness

> >

> > " These results show the enormous impact mental health conditions can

> > have on general health and survival, " he said.

> >

> > " The effects we see here are stronger than well-known risk factors

> > like smoking, obesity or diabetes.

> >

> > " We need to improve the general health of people suffering from

> > mental disorders by making sure they have access to healthcare of

> > the same standard, quality and range as other people, and by

> > developing effective screening programmes. "

> >

> > Jane , from the charity Rethink Mental Illness, said the

> > physical health needs of people with mental illness had been

> > ignored.

> >

> > " These grim statistics tell a depressingly familiar story. It is

> > completely unacceptable that people with a mental illness are

> > effectively living in the 1930s in terms of life expectancy.

> >

> > " Action must be taken; we cannot carry on tolerating the fact that

> > people are dying from preventable illnesses, due to a health system

> > which treats mental health patients as second class citizens. "

> >

> > 'Symptoms overlooked'

> >

> > The joint chief executive of the Centre for Mental Health, Professor

> > Bob Grove, said urgent action was needed to implement the

> > government's mental health strategy objective of improving the

> > physical health of all people with mental health problems, and to

> > address " the stark inequality in health as part of the NHS reform

> > process " .

> >

> > Sophie Corlett, of the mental health charity Mind, said: " Doctors

> > need to be more proactive in helping patients make informed choices

> > about long-term medications that can sometimes have negative side

> > effects for their physical health.

> >

> > " There is also a danger that preventable illnesses can be missed by

> > doctors who sometimes overlook physical health complaints and focus

> > their attention on the mental health problem.

> >

> > " It's vital that people with mental health problems have access to

> > routine physical health checks and that they are helped to make

> > healthy lifestyle choices. We cannot allow this inequality to

> > continue. "

> >

> > Care Services Minister Burstow said: " Our strategy, 'No health

> > without mental health', aims to improve the physical health of

> > people with mental health problems, reduce premature deaths, and

> > ensure evidence-based mental health therapies are available for all

> > who need them. "

> >

> > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13414965

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

---------------------------------------------------------------------

Sandi Sartorelli AKA Abra Cadabra

" Grow, grow, the lightning tree, never give in too easily. "

Check out the updated Patient Rights Advocacy's website:

http://prawi.sartorelli.gen.nz