Causes of Death in DSM-III Schizophrenics and Other Psychotics (Atypical Group)
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 45 (3), 283-285
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1988.01800270101012
Abstract
• Causes of death were determined in a cohort of DSM-III schizophrenics and in a group of "other" psychotics (with schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, and atypical psychoses), and comparisons were made with the general population. Five causes of death were considered in this analysis: (1) infections, (2) neoplasms, (3) cardiovascular, (4) unnatural, and (5) other. Suicide occurred in excess among other psychotics compared with schizophrenics and with the general population.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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