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Here is a snip it of the shocking findings, "The death rate for young people who suffer a first episode of psychosis (FEP) is 24 times greater than that of their peers in the general population in the year following the episode, a new study suggests.
This finding is "striking," lead investigator Michael Schoenbaum, PhD, of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland, told Medscape Medical News.
"We know that people with serious mental illness don't live as long as other people. We expected there to be elevated mortality compared to a general population, but we did not expect necessarily to see excess mortality on the scale that we found. We were really blown away," said Dr Schoenbaum.
The study also found "surprisingly" low rates of medical oversight and only modest involvement with psychosocial treatment providers after FEP.
This study is a "wake-up call telling us that young people experiencing psychosis need intensive, integrated clinical and psychosocial supports," said Dr Schoenbaum in a news release.
The study was published online April 7 in the Schizophrenia Bulletin"
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