Excess mortality, causes of death and life expectancy in 270,770 patients with recent onset of mental disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

Excess mortality, causes of death and life expectancy in 270,770 patients with recent onset of mental disorders in Denmark, Finland and Sweden.

Excess mortality among patients with severe mental disorders has not previously been investigated in detail in large complete national populations.To investigate the excess mortality in different diagnostic categories due to suicide and other external causes of death, and due to specific causes in c...

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Main Authors: Merete Nordentoft, Kristian Wahlbeck, Jonas Hällgren, Jeanette Westman, Urban Osby, Hassan Alinaghizadeh, Mika Gissler, Thomas Munk Laursen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3555866?pdf=render

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