@article{34abcad23fec49ff93abab53abe18c9d,
title = "Premature Mortality among People with Mental Illness: Advocacy in Academic Psychiatry",
author = "Roberts, {Laura Weiss} and Louie, {Alan K.} and Guerrero, {Anthony P.S.} and Richard Balon and Beresin, {Eugene V.} and Adam Brenner and John Coverdale",
note = "Funding Information: Mental illness accounts for one third of all years lived with disability throughout the world, and by 2020, depression will be the second leading cause of global disability [–]. Despite its tragic position as the leading cause of global disease burden, mental illness is underappreciated for its impact on overall population health []. For instance, funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for infectious disease and cancer far outstrips the funding for mental illness []. Perhaps this is due to the fact that cancer and infectious disease are seen as life threatening and leading to premature mortality more often than mental illness. While public descriptors of people with mental disorders have included “in need of help,” “unpredictable,” “violent,” and “dangerous” [], mention of shortened life span or risk of dying is absent. These omissions imply a poorly informed public; major mental illness is now clearly known to be associated with premature mortality and in this sense should be considered potentially fatal. ",
year = "2017",
month = aug,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1007/s40596-017-0738-9",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "41",
pages = "441--446",
journal = "Academic Psychiatry",
issn = "1042-9670",
publisher = "American Psychiatric Publishing Inc.",
number = "4",
}