Patients with very-late-onset schizoprhenia-like psychosis have higher mortality rates than elderly patients with earlier onset schizophrenia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 453-459

  Talaslahti, Tiina ^a   Alanen, Hanna Mari ^b   Hakko, Helinä ^c   Isohanni, Matti ^d   Häkkinen, Unto ^e   Leinonen, Esa ^b,f  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

age at onset; aged; cause of death; mortality; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PSYCHOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; VERY LATE ONSET SCHIZOPHRENIA LIKE PSYCHOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84928650854     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4159     Document Type: Article

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