Recently, I posted a blog entry on the high rates of cardiovascular disease among people with schizophrenia. A reader asked if improvements in lifestyle for a relative with schizophrenia can help improve this situation. While I can't point to a large body of research that shows lifestyle changes reverse the higher risk of cardiac... Read more
Recently, a reader made a comment about life expectancy in people who have schizophrenia. This has been a subject of considerable debate for years in psychiatry. The sad truth is that people with the illness die sooner than the general population. Some research estimates that schizophrenia reduces life expectancy by 20%. Now the reasons for... Read more
My last blog discussed some of the research that has been done on the risk of violence associated with people with schizophrenia, so in this entry I decided to discuss some of the interactions people with serious mental illness have with the criminal justice system. In the last two decades there have been several efforts... Read more
The April 16th shooting at Virginia Tech which led to over 30 students and faculty killed was the worst of its kind in U.S. history. There has been much discussion about the mental state of the shooter, Seung Hui Cho, particularly his evaluation and psychiatric hospitalization for imminent danger to himself. Several psychiatrists... Read more
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