A research group from the University of Oxford conducted a study, during which they came to the conclusion that serious mental illness can shorten a patient's life expectancy by 7-24 years. The result is similar to smoking one pack of cigarettes a day or more, according to Pannochka, an Internet publication for girls and women from 14 to 35 years old.. net As a rule, patients with mental illness behave inappropriately, risky. Some are suicidal.

Lifetime shortening data were established in a meta-analysis of 20 studies. In total, scientists have analyzed information about 1.7 million. people, 250 deaths. It turned out that in schizophrenia, the average life expectancy of a person is 10-20 years less, patients with recurrent depression live 8-10 years less. Let's draw an analogy. The average life expectancy of a smoker is on average 8-10 years less, of an alcoholic or drug addict - from 9 to 24 years The problem, scientists say, is very urgent. It needs to be solved at the state level. Human mental health is a real value. Often mental problems provoke people to act rashly..

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