Premature Mortality and Mental Illness: A Scandal Unveiled The latest research from Rethink Mental Illness highlights a disturbing reality in the UK's healthcare system.
Adults living with severe mental illness die at alarming rates, succumbing to preventable physical diseases that claim their lives 15 20 years earlier than their peers.
According to the report, these individuals are nearly five times more likely to die from serious physical conditions before age 75 and six times more likely to die from liver disease alone.