Background The mortality of people suffering from psychiatric illnesses is far higher than that
of the general population, all categories of diagnosis combined; mortality statistics can be …

Purpose People with mental disorders show mortality rates up to 22.2 times higher than that
of the general population. In spite of progressive increase in life expectancy observed in the …

Abstract The World Health Organization considers excess morbidity and mortality among
people with mental disorders as a high public health priority. This study aims to estimate the …

Background. Mental disorders have an increased mortality risk. However, most data have
been provided by few countries, some mental disorders have received little attention, long …

Evidence from previous research demonstrated a gap in mortality between patients with
mental disorders and the general population. However, a more exhaustive assessment is …

Mortality among psychiatric patients has been found to be higher than the general
population, not only in those long-term residents in old-fashioned psychiatric hospitals or …

OBJECTIVES: To investigate natural-cause mortality risk in people with psychiatric
admission histories in a national population-based cohort. To estimate risks in relation to …

BackgroundMost studies of mortality in psychiatric patients have investigated inpatients
rather than those attending outpatient clinics or primary care, where most receive treatment …

Background The region of central and eastern Europe is estimated to have high rates of
premature mortality due to mental disorders. However, epidemiological evidence is scarce …

Background: Persons affected by severe mental disorders have a higher mortality risk than
the general population. Objectives: To investigate the overall mortality and selected natural …