People with severe mental illness, consisting of schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major
depression, have a high burden of modifiable cardiovascular risk behaviors and conditions …

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 …

The structure and integrity of the ageing brain is interchangeably linked to physical health,
and cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRs) are associated with dementia and other brain …

Purpose To explore religious activities and its functions on the spiritual wellbeing of Muslim
patients with schizophrenia. Patients and Methods Semi-structured in-depth interviews were …

Introduction: The aim of this study was to objectively assess time spent in physical activity
(PA) and sedentary behavior (SB) in patients with schizophrenia compared to healthy …

Background Despite an increase in studies showing the efficacy of lifestyle interventions in
improving the poor health outcomes for people with severe mental illness (SMI), routine …

There is an intimate body-brain connection in ageing, and obesity is a key risk factor for poor
cardiometabolic health and neurodegenerative conditions. Although research has …

Objective While CVD risk has decreased in the general population during the last decade,
the situation in patients with schizophrenia (SCZ) and bipolar disorder (BD) is unknown …

Importance People with a severe mental illness (SMI) have a life expectancy reduced by 10
to 20 years compared with the general population, primarily attributable to cardiometabolic …

Patients with severe mental illness (SMI) including schizophrenia and bipolar disorder die
on average 15–20 years earlier than the general population often due to sudden death that …