Health Conditions Associated With Severe Illness From COVID-19 Among Individuals With Serious Mental Illness.

Priscilla Novak, Ph.D., Maria X. Sanmartin, Ph.D., Mir M. Ali, Ph.D., Jie Chen, Ph.D. Individuals with serious mental illness have more chronic medical conditions that increase their risk for contracting severe COVID-19 compared with individuals without serious mental illness and are more likely to be distinctly affected by the pandemic. Underlying medical conditions of individuals with and without serious mental illness a Nicotine dependence Obesity Kidney disease Liver cirrhosis Heart disease Hypertension Cancer Diabetes Asthma Bronchitis 010 20 30 40 50 Percentage Serious mental illness No serious mental illness a TheNsforthepercentagesshownhereareinAppendixTable1oftheonlinesupplement. [Extracted from the article]