Research with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) has uncovered changes to heart structure and function in people with schizophrenia, that could increase the risk of heart disease and mortality.
The research team’s findings are published in The British Journal of Psychiatry and they won the Royal College of Psychiatry’s Article of the Month in August for vital work investigating physical health issues in schizophrenia, a severe long term mental health condition.
Working with the research team, the study was made possible by 40 patients with schizophrenia who volunteered to take part, matched by an equal number of healthy controls from the general population. Their hearts were expertly scanned with cutting edge technology at the Robert Steiner MRI Unit.https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/Latest-news/Study-shows-cardiac-changes-in-schizophrenia-raise-heart-disease-risk.htm