Excess cause-specific mortality in out-patients with personality disorder

Personality disorders (PDs) are associated with increased overall mortality. In patients hospitalised with a principal diagnosis of PD, this is observed for all clusters and for natural as well as unnatural causes of death. Data from Swedish nationwide registers were used to assess whether this was...

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Published in:BJPsych open 2015-06, Vol.1 (1), p.54-55
Main Authors: Björkenstam, Charlotte, Björkenstam, Emma, Gerdin, Bengt, Ekselius, Lisa
Format: Article
Language:English
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Hospitals
Mortality
Personality disorders
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Summary:Personality disorders (PDs) are associated with increased overall mortality. In patients hospitalised with a principal diagnosis of PD, this is observed for all clusters and for natural as well as unnatural causes of death. Data from Swedish nationwide registers were used to assess whether this was also true for the majority of patients diagnosed with PDs not severe enough to lead to hospitalisation. There was an increased mortality in all clusters, and for natural as well as unnatural death, also in patients treated as out-patients only, although not to the same extent as in those hospitalised. None. © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Non-Commercial, No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
ISSN:2056-4724
2056-4724
DOI:10.1192/bjpo.bp.115.000356