Physical health and mental illness

A life expectancy 20 years lower than the general population.  That's the estimated gap in physical health between those with a mental illness and other Australians.  The warning comes from Associate Professor Sharon Lawn from the Human Behaviour and Health Research Unit at Flinders University in Adelaide, inteviewed on ABC radio's LifeMatters

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/lifematters/stories/2011/3220311.htm


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