Importance Individuals with mental disorders often develop comorbidity over time. Past
studies of comorbidity have often restricted analyses to a subset of disorders and few studies …

AimsEpidemiological studies indicate that individuals with one type of mental disorder have
an increased risk of subsequently developing other types of mental disorders. This study …

Importance Premature mortality has been observed among people with mental disorders.
Comorbid general medical conditions contribute substantially to this reduction in life …

Background Persons with mental disorders are at a higher risk than the general population
for the subsequent development of certain medical conditions. Methods We used a …

The purpose of this review is to systematically appraise the peer-reviewed literature about
clustered forms of psychopathology and to present a framework that can be useful for …

Importance Mental health professionals typically encounter patients at 1 point in patients'
lives. This cross-sectional window understandably fosters focus on the current presenting …

The nature and prevalence of combinations of mental disorders and their associations with
premature mortality have never been reported in a comprehensive way. We describe the …

Background Comorbidity research in psychiatric epidemiology mostly uses measures of
association like odds or risk ratios to express how strongly disorders are linked. In contrast …

Comorbidity has been shown to be an index of more severe course and outcome of mental
disorders. Systematic inclusion of comorbidity into clinical evaluation and treatment will …

Background Disease burden estimates rarely consider comorbidity. Using a recently
developed methodology for integrating information about comorbidity into disease burden …