Recovered or dead? A Swedish study of 321 persons surveyed as severely mentally ill in 1995/96 but not so ten years later

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-63

  Arvidsson, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Death rates and causes; mental health care reforms; recovery; severely mentally ill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEUROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 79959774085     PISSN: 20457960     EISSN: 20457979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S2045796011000126     Document Type: Article

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