Substance use disorders, psychiatric disorders, and mortality after release from prison: a nationwide longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

High mortality rates have been reported in people released from prison compared with the general population. However, few studies have investigated potential risk factors associated with these high rates, especially psychiatric determinants. We aimed to investigate the association between psychiatric disorders and mortality in people released from prison in Sweden.

Methods

We studied all people who were imprisoned since Jan 1, 2000, and released before Dec 31, 2009, in Sweden for risks of all-cause and external-cause (accidents, suicide, homicide) mortality after prison release. We obtained data for substance use disorders and other psychiatric disorders, and criminological and sociodemographic factors from population-based registers. We calculated hazard ratios (

SUBMITTER: Chang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4579558 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature