Cause-specific life years lost among persons diagnosed with schizophrenia: Is it getting better or worse?

People with schizophrenia have an increased risk of premature mortality compared to the general population. We aimed to quantify which types of causes of death contributed to the excess mortality, and to examine whether there has been an increase in the excess mortality among persons with schizophrenia in the period 1995 to 2015.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - November 13, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Thomas Munk Laursen, Oleguer Plana-Ripoll, Per Kragh Andersen, John J. McGrath, Anita Toender, Merete Nordentoft, Vladimir Canudas-Romo, Annette Erlangsen Source Type: research