People With Substance-Induced Psychosis Found to Be at Greater Risk of Death Than General Population

People with substance-induced psychosis appear to be at a greater risk of dying earlier than those who do not experience psychosis, according to astudy inAddiction. The analysis revealed that the risk of death was elevated in people with substance-induced psychosis regardless of whether they later developed schizophrenia.“Although not necessarily a causal finding, this provides a strong rationale for monitoring people with [a] previous diagnosis of substance-induced psychosis and developing and implementing interventions to reduce this excess mortality,” wrote Carsten Hjorthøj, Ph.D., M.Sc., of the University o f Copenhagen and colleagues.Hjorth øj and colleagues examined data from the nationwide Danish registers, specifically focusing on individuals who were born in Denmark, lived in Denmark at age 15, and were 15 or older between the study period of January 1, 1994, and August 10, 2017. The population was followed until death, emigration , or August 10, 2017, whichever came first.Of the more than 5.6 million people included in the study, 9,303 were diagnosed with substance-induced psychosis only, 2,197 were diagnosed with schizophrenia following substance-induced psychosis, and 39,738 were diagnosed with schizophrenia without preceding substance-induced psychosis.A total of 1,240,860 people died during the follow-up period. After adjusting for such variables as age, sex, and parental history of schizophrenia and substance use disorder, the researchers found that peopl...
Source: Psychiatr News - Category: Psychiatry Tags: addiction death mortality schizophrenia substance use disorder substance-induced psychosis suicide Source Type: research