Five-year follow-up study of disability pension rates in first-onset schizophrenia with special focus on regional differences and mortality

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 509-517

  Kiviniemi, Marjo ^a,b   Suvisaari, Jaana ^c   Pirkola, Sami ^d   Läksy, Kristian ^e   Häkkinen, Unto ^c   Isohanni, Matti ^b,e   Hakko, Helinä ^e  

^a Social and Mental Health Services   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disability pension; Mortality; Regional differences; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CLOZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; MORTALITY; PENSION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; REGISTER; RETIREMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PENSIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RETIREMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052738110     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.05.017     Document Type: Article

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