Mental disorder and long-term risk of mortality: 41 years of follow-up of a population sample in Stockholm, Sweden.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:An increased mortality risk associated with mental disorder has been reported for patients, but there are few studies are based on random samples with interview-based psychiatric diagnoses. Part of the increased mortality for those with mental disorder may be attributable to worse somatic health or hazardous health behaviour - consequences of the disorder - but somatic health information is commonly lacking in psychiatric samples. This study aims to examine long-term mortality risk for psychiatric diagnoses in a general population sample and to assess mediation by somatic ill health and hazardous health behaviour. METHOD:We used a double-phase stratified random sample of individuals aged 18-65 in Stockholm County 1970-1971 linked to vital records. First phase sample was 32 186 i

SUBMITTER: Lundin A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7137603 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature