Physical Illness and Schizophrenia (English, Stefan Leucht | Tonja Burkard | John H. Henderson)

About the Book

It is well established that people suffering from schizophrenia have a higher prevalence of serious physical illness and a higher mortality than the general population. This book provides the first comprehensive and systematic review of current research evidence on the prevalence of physical diseases in people with schizophrenia, a disorder afflicting approximately 1% of the global population, and a group with mortality rates twice as high as the…

ISBN: 9780521882644