Individuals with schizophrenia or substance use disorder have a substantially increased
mortality compared to the general population. Despite a high and probably increasing …

As highlighted by the Forum in the February 2017 issue of this journal1, patients with
schizophrenia spectrum disorders have significantly higher risk of premature death due to …

Introduction People with severe mental illness have greater risk of un-detected and
inadequately treated medical disorders, adding up to the risk of premature death. This study …

Patients with schizophrenia could have a higher risk of mortality. We compared the risk of
mortality and the years of potential life lost (YPLL) associated with various causes of death …

BackgroundLong-term mortality and the risk factors for premature death among patients with
schizophrenia living in rural communities are unknown. AimsTo explore the 10-year …

Individuals with schizophrenia have higher mortality rates than the population at large.
General mortality rates have declined in developed countries since the early 1970s …

Background Higher mortality has been found for people with serious mental illness (SMI,
including schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, and bipolar affective disorder) at all age …

There is emerging evidence of high mortality rates after the first diagnosis of psychotic
disorder. The objective of this study was to estimate the standardized mortality ratio (SMR) in …

A study of mortality for all patients with a first hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia in
Stockholm County, Sweden, during 1973 to 1995 was performed, by linking the in-patient …

Background: The aim was to examine mortality in psychiatric patients in Western Australia
(WA), over a time period of considerable change in the delivery of mental health services …