The evidence is clear that people with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, die earlier than the general US population.^1-3 Their lives are shortened by an estimated 10 to 30 years, and that mortality risk appears to be increasing.⁴ The leading causes of death are cardiovascular disease and cancer,⁵ which suggests that a better understanding of ways to provide preventive services to the population with severe mental illness could help to reduce the number of these premature deaths.

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改善患有严重精神疾病的女性的乳腺癌筛查和护理。

有证据表明，患有严重精神疾病（例如精神分裂症和双相情感障碍）的人比普通美国人口更早死亡。^1-3他们的寿命估计缩短了 10 到 30 年，而且死亡风险似乎在增加。⁴导致死亡的主要原因是心血管疾病和癌症，⁵这表明更好地了解为患有严重精神疾病的人群提供预防服务的方法有助于减少这些过早死亡的人数。