A BCCDC study looking at over two dozen chronic diseases found the spike in deaths during the 2021 heat dome hit people with schizophrenia especially hard
British Columbians living with schizophrenia saw a three-fold increase in deaths during the 2021 heat dome, a new study has found.
"Our most striking and surprising finding was that the risk of death among those with schizophrenia more than tripled during the extreme heat event as compared to more typical summer weather," said Lee in an interview. People were found to be at higher risk of death if they used substances or suffered from heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
How mental illness increases the risk of death during a heat wave is not clear, wrote the authors. Lee said past investigations have suggested people with schizophrenia could be more vulnerable because of antipsychotic medications — important drugs that help people manage a complex disease.
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