Mental disorders forecast chronic physical diseases, premature death – University of Michigan News

Poor early-life mental health may jeopardize later-life physical health, according to a new study led by a University of Michigan researcher.
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, indicates that people who experience psychiatric conditions when they are young are likely to experience excess age-related physical diseases when they are older.
Leah Richmond-Rakerd, U-M assistant professor of psychology, and colleagues found that this association cannot be explained by preexisting physical…

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