[HTML][HTML] Mental illness and reduction of gun violence and suicide: bringing epidemiologic research to policy

JW Swanson, EE McGinty, S Fazel, VM Mays - Annals of epidemiology, 2015 - Elsevier
Purpose This article describes epidemiologic evidence concerning risk of gun violence and
suicide linked to psychiatric disorders, in contrast to media-fueled public perceptions of the …

Epidemiology of suicide in bipolar disorders: a systematic review of the literature

M Pompili, X Gonda, G Serafini, M Innamorati… - Bipolar …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Suicidal behavior is a major public health problem worldwide, and its prediction
and prevention represent a challenge for everyone, including clinicians. The aim of the …

Mortality and life expectancy in persons with severe unipolar depression

TM Laursen, KL Musliner, ME Benros… - Journal of affective …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Depression is a common psychiatric disorder, with a lifetime prevalence of 10–
15% in the Danish population. Although depression is associated with excess mortality, it is …

All-cause and cause-specific mortality among people with bipolar disorder: a large-scale systematic review and meta-analysis

TB Biazus, GH Beraldi, L Tokeshi, LS Rotenberg… - Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Objective Bipolar disorder (BD) is associated with premature mortality. All-cause and
specific mortality risks in this population remain unclear, and more studies are still needed to …

Can bipolar disorder be viewed as a multi-system inflammatory disease?

M Leboyer, I Soreca, J Scott, M Frye, C Henry… - Journal of affective …, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Patients with bipolar disorder are known to be at high risk of premature
death. Comorbid cardio-vascular diseases are a leading cause of excess mortality, well …

The high prevalence of poor physical health and unhealthy lifestyle behaviours in individuals with severe mental illness

D Scott, B Happell - Issues in mental health nursing, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Recent mental health care policy has addressed the need for health care professionals to
consider the physical health of consumers. Mental health nurses are particularly well-placed …

Understanding excess mortality in persons with mental illness: 17-year follow up of a nationally representative US survey

BG Druss, L Zhao, S Von Esenwein, EH Morrato… - Medical care, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Background Although growing concern has been expressed about premature medical
mortality in persons with mental illness, limited data are available quantifying the extent and …

Life expectancy and death by diseases of the circulatory system in patients with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia in the Nordic countries

TM Laursen, K Wahlbeck, J Hällgren, J Westman… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Objective Excess mortality from diseases and medical conditions (natural death) in persons
with psychiatric disorders has been extensively reported. Even in the Nordic countries with …

Pharmacological treatment of adult bipolar disorder

RJ Baldessarini, L Tondo, GH Vázquez - Molecular psychiatry, 2019 - nature.com
We summarize evidence supporting contemporary pharmacological treatment of phases of
BD, including: mania, depression, and long-term recurrences, emphasizing findings from …

[HTML][HTML] Deep brain stimulation targets for treating depression

D Drobisz, A Damborská - Behavioural brain research, 2019 - Elsevier
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a new therapeutic approach for treatment-resistant
depression (TRD). There is a preliminary evidence of the efficacy and safety of DBS for TRD …