Patients With Serious Mental Illnesses Die Sooner, Are Poorly Served, and Need Advocates

Dr. Patricia Farrell
BeingWell
Published in
4 min readMay 7, 2024

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Patients with serious mental illnesses deserve better care and support, as they are often neglected and left to struggle.

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Patients with a diagnosis of a serious mental illness, are not only falling through the cracks of healthcare, they are receiving a lack of primary care and attention to the illnesses that may be…

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Dr. Patricia Farrell
BeingWell

Dr. Farrell is a psychologist, consultant, author, interested in flash fiction writing (http://bitly.ws/S94e), and health.