Mortality and psychiatric disorders among public mental health care clients in Utrecht: A register-based cohort study

Conclusion: Psychiatric services may deliver an important contribution to the prevention of premature natural death among the socially marginalized. Keyphrases The earlier observed lower mortality among vulnerably housed and homeless persons with a psychiatric diagnosis compared to vulnerably housed and homeless persons without a psychiatric diagnosis appears to be due to a significantly lower risk of natural causes of death. Compared to controls from the general population, vulnerably housed and homeless persons without registered diagnosis at a local psychiatric service have a significantly increased mortality associated both with natural death causes and with suicide and death due to mental and behavioural disorders. Services for mental health care may deliver an important contribution to the prevention of premature death due to somatic disorders among the socially marginalized.
Source: International Journal of Social Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Tags: Articles Source Type: research