The #GoneTooSoonpaper, published in @TheLancetPsych identifies a range of factors that increase the risk of early mortality for people who are suffering from mental health conditions.
🟡Traumatic life events
🟡Unemployment
🟡Stigma and marginalization
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🟡Insecure Housing
🟡Lack of meaningful societal relationships
🟡Restricted access to healthcare
🟡Poor education
🟡Income insecurity
The purpose of the paper is to identify not just these common factors that increase the risk of premature mortality...
… But also to mobilise this evidence into prioritised actions to reduce this inequity.
The paper makes 18 recommendations to policy makers and global leaders, business owners and healthcare providers that can help to save lives and prevent more people from being #GoneTooSoon.
3/18 Improving training and building capacity in the #MentalHealth workforce is vital, especially in low and middle income countries and other low resource settings.