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 …

Objective To quantify the extent of 'avoidable mortality'in those with schizophrenia or bipolar
disorder and to quantify the effect a reduction in these might have on the mortality gap …

Objective To investigate whether the mortality gap has reduced in recent years between
people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder and the general population. Design Record …

Results 3,470 patients were included. These patients came from 122 sectors (15% of all the
sectors) spread out over 73% of the territory. The sample did not present statistical …

Although mortality in patients with schizophrenia is two to three times higher than that in the
general population, little is known about time trends in mortality rates. 1-3 We aimed to …

Background Excess mortality among people with schizophrenia due to natural and
unnatural causes, especially due to suicides, is a well-known fact. It has been suggested …

Importance Although adults with schizophrenia have a significantly increased risk of
premature mortality, sample size limitations of previous research have hindered the …

A bibliographical search was performed to identify and evaluate the impact in first-episode
schizophrenia of the major mortality risk factors as described by the World Health …

BackgroundSeveral studies have reported a decline of up to 50% in the incidence of
schizophrenia over recent decades. We aimed to measure changes in the incidence and …

Objective: To characterize the epidemiology of schizophrenia. Method: Narrative literature
review. Results: Each year 1 in 10 000 adults (12 to 60 years of age) develops …