Sean Halstead News Today

Serious mental illness, such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, is tied to a twofold increased risk for comorbid physical illnesses, new research showed.

A large-scale, international study conducted by University of Queensland researchers has found people with severe mental illness, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, are up to four times more likely to have two or more chronic physical health conditions.

MEDICAL professionals who assessed a man who later died after falling from a bridge did not consider the long-term risks, an inquest has heard.

THE inquest into a Southend teenager’s death has been delayed after vital emails were not provided by health bosses.