Excess Mortality in Bipolar and Unipolar Disorder in Sweden
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- 1 September 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of General Psychiatry
- Vol. 58 (9) , 844-850
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.58.9.844
Abstract
INCREASED mortality is one of the major adverse effects in individuals with mood disorders. In bipolar disorder, many studies found a mortality rate approximately 2 times1-8 and a suicide mortality rate approximately 10 times that of the general population, with suicide being the leading single cause of excess mortality. In major depression, several studies found an increased total mortality,8-16 with a suicide mortality about 20 times that of the general population.Keywords
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