The excess mortality in schizophrenia has received much focus. Future studies should
explore the reasons for the high rates of natural causes of death, while aiming to disentangle …

People with schizophrenia die 15‐20 years prematurely. Understanding mortality risk and
aggravating/attenuating factors is essential to reduce this gap. We conducted a systematic …

Context Despite improvements in mental health services in recent decades, it is unclear
whether the risk of mortality in schizophrenia has changed over time. Objective To explore …

Individuals with schizophrenia die, on average, 20 years before their peers, with 'natural
causes' accounting for 80% of premature deaths. The aim of this narrative review is to …

Over the last five years, large data sets on mortality in schizophrenia have been published
which have established mortality as a measurable clinical endpoint. Four issues need …

Purpose The purpose of this article is to describe the current status of knowledge on excess
mortality in schizophrenia and its causative factors, and to expand upon previous work …

The life expectancy of patients with schizophrenia is reduced by between 15 and 25 years.
Those patients dying of natural causes die of the same diseases as in the general …

Schizophrenia is often referred to as one of the most severe mental disorders, primarily
because of the very high mortality rates of those with the disorder. This article reviews the …

A bibliographical search was performed to identify and evaluate the impact in first-episode
schizophrenia of the major mortality risk factors as described by the World Health …

Background People with schizophrenia have an increased risk of premature mortality
compared to the general population. We aimed to quantify which types of causes of death …