A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Patterns in mortality among people with severe mental disorders across birth cohorts: a register-based study of Denmark and Finland in 1982-2006
Authors: Gissler M, Laursen TM, Osby U, Nordentoft M, Wahlbeck K
Publisher: BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
Publication year: 2013
Journal: BMC Public Health
Journal name in source: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
Journal acronym: BMC PUBLIC HEALTH
Article number: ARTN 834
Volume: 13
Number of pages: 11
ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-834
Abstract
Conclusions: The mortality gap between people with severe mental disorders and the general population decreased, but there was no improvement for young Finnish men with mental disorders. The Finnish recession in the early 1990s may have adversely affected mortality of adolescent and young adult men with mental disorders. Among women born 1933-1957, the lack of improvement may reflect adverse effects of the era of extensive hospitalisation of people with mental disorders in both countries.
Conclusions: The mortality gap between people with severe mental disorders and the general population decreased, but there was no improvement for young Finnish men with mental disorders. The Finnish recession in the early 1990s may have adversely affected mortality of adolescent and young adult men with mental disorders. Among women born 1933-1957, the lack of improvement may reflect adverse effects of the era of extensive hospitalisation of people with mental disorders in both countries.
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