Experience of sibling death in childhood and risk of psychiatric care in adulthood: a national cohort study from Sweden.

ABSTRACT: Studies have found that sibling loss is associated with an increased risk of death from external causes (i.e. suicides, accidents and homicides). Increased psychiatric health problems following bereavement could underlie such an association. We studied the influence of sibling loss during childhood on psychiatric care in young adulthood, adjusting for psychosocial covariates shared by siblings in childhood. A national cohort born in Sweden in 1973-1982 (N = 701,270) was followed prospectively until 2013. Cox proportional hazards models were used to analyse the association between sibling loss during childhood and psychiatric inpatient and outpatient care identified by the Hospital Discharge Register. After adjustment for confounders, the HRs of psychiatric care in men who experienced sibli

SUBMITTER: Rostila M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6861357 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature