In Dr. John Kenny’s latest installment of videos from The Doctor’s Channel, he discusses the results from a new study by the American Journal of Psychiatry. This study shows increased rates of morbidity and mortality in schizophrenia patients – men who suffer from schizophrenia die 14 years earlier than the general population, and women 12 years earlier. But the majority of deaths are not from the disease itself. Watch this video to find out what is causing premature deaths in schizophrenic patients.

“Clearly there are risks that go along with schizophrenia… But there are much higher morbidity and mortality from preventable medical illnesses.” – John Kenny, MD

John Kenny, MD is an assistant professor within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He is an expert on schizophrenia and chronic mental illness as well as author of Elsevier’s Psychiatry Test Preparation and Review Manual.

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