Premature mortality and schizophrenia - The need to heal right from the start

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 535-536

  Samaras, Katherine ^a,b   Correll, Christoph U ^c,d,e   Curtis, Jackie ^f,g  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d DONALD AND BARBARA ZUCKER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT HOFSTRA NORTHWELL   (United States)

^e FEINSTEIN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f SOUTH EASTERN SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LIPID;

BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY INTERVENTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; PREMATURE MORTALITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SMOKING;

CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84973277782     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2015.3432     Document Type: Letter

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