People with mental illness have higher mortality after heart attacks but receive inferior care
New research from the University of Leicester raises concerns about higher than expected mortality following acute coronary events such as heart attack in those with significant mental ill health.
Researchers from the University of Leicester in the UK and Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute in Australia examined 22 previous studies involving 825,754 individuals, comparing care given to those with and without serious mental disorders.
They discovered that there was higher than expected mortality following acute coronary events such as heart attack in those ...







