Life expectancy at birth for people with serious mental illness and other major disorders from a secondary mental health care case register in London.

OBJECTIVE:Despite improving healthcare, the gap in mortality between people with serious mental illness (SMI) and general population persists, especially for younger age groups. The electronic database from a large and comprehensive secondary mental healthcare provider in London was utilized to asse...

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Main Authors: Chin-Kuo Chang, Richard D Hayes, Gayan Perera, Mathew T M Broadbent, Andrea C Fernandes, William E Lee, Mathew Hotopf, Robert Stewart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3097201?pdf=render