Pre-existing psychiatric disorder is related to lower mortality from road traffic accident: A Japanese nationwide retrospective cohort study

Mental illness is a major public health problem causing a significant global burden to patients and society worldwide.1,2 Patients with mental illness have a higher risk of suicide and they are also more likely to die from accidents.3 Furthermore, patients with mental illnesses have higher mortality from various medical diseases,4-6 more adverse events during in-hospital treatment,7-9 and longer hospitalizations.7,9,10 However, recent studies have reported inconsistent results on mortality from trauma among patients with psychiatric diseases.

Source: Injury - February 14, 2021 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Takuto Ishida, Yusuke Kuwahara, Keita Shibahashi, Yoshihiro Okura, Kazuhiro Sugiyama, Kimio Yoshimura, Yuichi Hamabe, Masaru Mimura, Takefumi Suzuki, Hiroyuki Uchida Source Type: research