The association between violence exposure and general and cause-specific mortality in people using mental health services: cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Many studies have observed a link between mortality and mental illness, although the contribution of violence exposure to mortality in people with mental illness remains under-researched.

Aims

To examine the association of violence exposure, such as being physically assaulted, with general and cause-specific mortality in a population using mental health services.

Method

We assembled a cohort study using electronic health records from a mental health and substance use treatment provider in south-east London. Records were linked to acute medical admission and emergency department presentation data, as well as to a national mortality register with death certificates for deaths registered in England and Wales. Cox regressions estimated the associations of binar

SUBMITTER: Rafi N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12835711 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature