The study followed an extensive road mapping process of evidence reviews and consultation with mental health researchers, clinicians, policy experts and people with lived and living experience of mental illnesses and suicide.
A recently published research paper has found that people with severe mental illness die too soon.Gone Too Soon: priorities for action to prevent premature mortality associated with mental illness and mental distress
The study followed an extensive road mapping process of evidence reviews and consultation with mental health researchers, clinicians, policy experts and people with lived experience of mental illnesses and suicide, finding that there are a range of factors that increase the risk of early mortality for people who are suffering from mental health conditions.
‘One in three South Africans has a mental health condition and mental disorders rank among the top ten leading causes of disease burden in South Africa,’ Seedat, who is also co-director of the SA Medical Research Council’s Unit on Anxiety and Stress Disorders, explained.
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