Serious physical assault and subsequent risk for rehospitalization in individuals with severe mental illness: a nationwide, register-based retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Victimization is associated with worse social and clinical outcomes of individuals with severe mental illness (SMI). A relapse of SMI may be one of the clinical consequences of assaultive trauma. As far as we know, there is no published study that analyzes nationwide health registers to assess the risk of SMI rehospitalization following assault.

Aim

We aimed to assess whether exposure to assault is associated with an increased risk of psychiatric hospitalization in those with SMI.

Methods

We utilized data from the Czech nationwide registers of all-cause hospitalizations and all-cause deaths. We defined exposed individuals as those discharged from a hospitalization for SMI between 2002 and 2007, and hospitalized for serious injuries sustained in an assault i

SUBMITTER: Mlada K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8449895 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature