Ethnicity and excess mortality in severe mental illness: a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Excess mortality in severe mental illness (defined here as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorders, and bipolar affective disorders) is well described, but little is known about this inequality in ethnic minorities. We aimed to estimate excess mortality for people with severe mental illness for five ethnic groups (white British, black Caribbean, black African, south Asian, and Irish) and to assess the association of ethnicity with mortality risk.

Methods

We conducted a longitudinal cohort study of individuals with a valid diagnosis of severe mental illness between Jan 1, 2007, and Dec 31, 2014, from the case registry of the South London and Maudsley Trust (London, UK). We linked mortality data from the UK Office for National Statistics for the general population

SUBMITTER: Das-Munshi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5406616 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature