Psychiatric disorders in a population of deceased drug users

CONCLUSION: Decedents with psychiatric morbidity and dual diagnosis did not increase their lifespan over a 10-year period. Decedents with only positive toxicology increasingly consumed nonprescribed psychotropic medication and may have suffered from undiagnosed psychiatric disorders. The prevalence of prescribed and nonprescribed benzodiazepines and methadone increased and may have contributed to premature mortality.PMID:33650457 | DOI:10.1080/08039488.2021.1887350
Source: Nordic Journal of Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research