Open AccessAccelerated aging in serious mental disorders
Author(s) -
Francesco Saverio Bersani,
Synthia H. Mellon,
Victor I. Reus,
Owen M. Wolkowitz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
current opinion in psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1473-6578
pISSN - 0951-7367
DOI - 10.1097/yco.0000000000000525
Subject(s) - biological age , epidemiology , medicine , mental illness , psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , mental health , pathology
Clinical, epidemiological, and biological evidence raises the possibility that serious mental disorders (SMDs) are associated with accelerated biological aging. To the extent this is true; SMDs should not simply be considered in terms of mental illness or brain dysfunction, but also as 'whole body' and multisystem illnesses, or else as conditions with significant somatic concomitants.