People With Mental Illness Less Likely to Get Cancer Screening

Updated January 4, 2020 This content is archived.

Articles on research which found that people with mental illness get screened for cancer at much lower rates than the general population, quoted Steven L. Dubovsky, MD, professor and chair of psychiatry. Dubovsky, who was not involved with the study, said, “Many patients with severe mental illnesses live in areas with little access to cancer screening centers.”