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Excess mortality of schizophrenia
The British Journal of Psychiatry · 1997 · Vol. 171(6) · pp. 502–508
Steve Brown✉(University of Southampton)
Abstract
The available evidence suggests that schizophrenia is associated with a large increased mortality from suicide and a moderate increased mortality from natural causes. A number of possible interventions have been identified, but we do not yet have reliable means of detecting any changes in mortality which might result.
Schizophrenia research and treatmentMental Health and PsychiatryBipolar Disorder and TreatmentConfoundingSchizophrenia (object-oriented programming)Excess mortalityDemographyMedicineMeta-analysisPopulationConfidence intervalPsychiatryEnvironmental health
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AccidentsCause of DeathFollow-Up StudiesHomicideHumansSchizophreniaSex FactorsSuicide
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