Premature mortality among patients recently discharged from their first inpatient psychiatric treatment

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 485-492

  Walter, Florian ^a   Carr, Matthew J ^a   Mok, Pearl L H ^a   Astrup, Aske ^b   Antonsen, Sussie ^b   Pedersen, Carsten B ^b   Shaw, Jenny ^a   Webb, Roger T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ICD-10; ICD-8; ICD-9; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY RISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARASITOSIS; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREMATURE MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTALLY ILL PERSONS; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018791205     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.0071     Document Type: Article

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