~ 3 min read. People with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder have a substantially raised risk of premature death, research warns, and the risk seems to be increasing. Attempts have been made in recent years to understand this âmortality gap,â but the current death rates from natural vs. unnatural causes remain unclear.
Definition of LCD. : an electronic display (as of the time in a digital watch) that consists of segments of a liquid crystal whose reflectivity varies according to the voltage applied to them.
Animation of an LCD, both unlit and with electroluminescent backlight switched on. A backlight is a form of illumination used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs). As LCDs do not produce light by themselves (unlike for example Cathode ray tube (CRT) displays), they need illumination (ambient light or a special light source) to produce a visible image.