This is a register-based cohort study of 20,581 individuals in treatment for illicit substance
use disorders in Denmark between 1996 and 2006. All in all, 1441 deaths were recorded …

Psychotropic drug use and alcohol consumption is increasing among aging Finns. Alcohol
use is not recommended with benzodiazepines and some other psychotropic medicines …

Background Most previous studies on mortality in violent offenders or victims are based on
prison or hospital samples, while this study analyzed overall and cause specific mortality …

BACKGROUND: People with substance use disorders (SUDs) have increased risk of
mortality but risk in sub-groups is poorly understood. METHODS: SUD cases, aged 15years …

Background Drug overdose is a common method of suicide in the elderly. Hence, an
understanding of current trends in epidemiology of these deaths is important when …

We validate that the 28 days after hospital-discharge are high-risk for drugs-related death
(DRD) among drug users in Scotland and investigate key risk-factors for DRDs soon after …

Background Excess mortality among patients with severe mental disorders has not
previously been investigated in detail in large complete national populations. Objective To …

Unselected population-based nationwide studies on the excess mortality of individuals with
severe mental disorders are scarce with regard to several important causes of death. Using …

Objective: This study evaluated mortality and causes of death over a sev-en-year period
among middle-aged male psychiatric patients with and without co-occurring substance use …

The impact of drug addiction in suicide with respect to gender and trend changes in drug
addiction was assessed from Norwegian data on 1608 drug addicts admitted to treatment …