Svend Eggert

Feb 21, 2024 | academic.oup.com | Glen Oaks |Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin |Svend Eggert

Approximately 20% of individuals in Europe suffer from mental illness, and the lifetime prevalence of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, often jointly termed as severe mental illness (SMI), is nearly 2%.1 Although major depression clinically also fulfil criteria for SMI and is associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes, we do not focus on major depression in this state-of-the-art review because it has been extensively studied regarding cardiovascular disease2 and is recognized as an...