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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Is Society or Psychiatry to Blame for the 'Seriously Mentally Ill' Dying 25 Years Prematurely?

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HomeBy Bruce E. Levine / AlterNet-November 15, 2016

“Adults in the U.S. living with serious mental illness die on average 25 years earlier than others, largely due to treatable medical conditions,” according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. This is not controversial, as establishment psychiatry and its critics agree.