biostudies-literatureMusgrove RNIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research CentreNIHR Doctoral FellowshipNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR)NIHR Applied Research Collaboration, West Midlandse32https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7612694biostudies-literatureUnknown31<h4>Aims</h4>People diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI) are at elevated risk of dying prematurely compared to the general population. We aimed to understand the additional risk among people with SMI after discharge from inpatient psychiatric care, when many patients experience an acute phase of their illness.<h4>Methods</h4>In the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD and Aurum datasets, adults aged 18 years and older who were discharged from psychiatric inpatient care in England between 2001 and 2018 with primary diagnoses of SMI (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, other psychoses) were matched by age and gender with up to five individuals with SMI and without recent hospital stays. Using survival analysis approaches, cumulative incidence and adjusted hazard ratios were eEpidemiology and psychiatric sciencesSuicide and death by other causes among patients with a severe mental illness: cohort study comparing risks among patients discharged from inpatient care <i>v</i>. those treated in the community.PMC7612694PSTRC-2016-003NIHR300957Ashcroft DMMughal FMusgrove RChew-Graham CACarr MJWebb RTKapur NfalseSuicide and death by other causes among patients with a severe mental illness: cohort study comparing risks among patients discharged from inpatient care <i>v</i>. those treated in the community.<h4>Aims</h4>People diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI) are at elevated risk of dying prematurely compared to the general population. We aimed to understand the additional risk among people with SMI after discharge from inpatient psychiatric care, when many patients experience an acute phase of their illness.<h4>Methods</h4>In the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) GOLD and Aurum datasets, adults aged 18 years and older who were discharged from psychiatric inpatient care in England between 2001 and 2018 with primary diagnoses of SMI (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, other psychoses) were matched by age and gender with up to five individuals with SMI and without recent hospital stays. Using survival analysis approaches, cumulative incidence and adjusted hazard ratios were e2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 May2025-05-31T22:58:49.05Z2024-11-11T23:08:40.631ZS-EPMC76126943551409010.1017/S2045796022000075