What question did this study set out to answer?

To investigate mortality rates among patients with bipolar and unipolar disorder from the onset of illness.

September 1, 2001Archives of General Psychiatry

Excess Mortality in Bipolar and Unipolar Disorder in Sweden

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UÖUrban ÖsbyKarolinska University Hospital LBLena BrandtKarolinska University Hospital NCN. CorreiaUniversidade Estadual de Santa Cruz

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Population-based study documents increased mortality from suicide and natural causes in bipolar and unipolar disorder patients, indicating critical health implications.

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To investigate mortality rates among patients with bipolar and unipolar disorder from the onset of illness.
Analysis of hospital diagnoses of bipolar (n=15,386) and unipolar (n=39,182) disorder from 1973 to 1995.
Linking diagnosis data with the national cause-of-death register to identify mortality causes.
Calculation of standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) for suicide and natural causes across age classes and time periods.
SMRs for suicide were 15.0 for males and 22.4 for females with bipolar disorder.
For unipolar disorder, SMRs were 20.9 for males and 27.0 for females.
Increased SMRs for natural causes of death were 1.9 for males and 2.1 for females with bipolar disorder.

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Ösby et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a101a1a90ecb39bf65fc5f5 https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.58.9.844

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Population-based study documents increased mortality from suicide and natural causes in bipolar and unipolar disorder patients, indicating critical health implications.

Excess Mortality in Bipolar and Unipolar Disorder in Sweden

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Excess Mortality in Bipolar and Unipolar Disorder in Sweden

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