An examination of premature mortality among decedents with serious mental illness and those in the general population

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 61, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 663-668

  Piatt, Elizabeth E ^a   Munetz, Mark R ^b   Ritter, Christian ^a  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIVER DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEPTICEMIA; SUICIDE; YEARS OF POTENTIAL LIFE LOST; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OHIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77954288266     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2010.61.7.663     Document Type: Article

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