Mental disorders in ulcerative colitis: suicide, divorce, psychosis, hospitalization for mental disease, alcoholism, and consumption of psychotropic drugs in 178 patients subjected to colectomy.
The population in the Nordic countries is relatively homogenous. In 178 Norwegian patients subjected to colectomy for ulcerative colitis the frequencies of suicide, divorce, psychosis, and hospitalization for mental disorders, and consumption of psychotropic drugs, did not differ significantly from corresponding frequencies in the general population.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000209:etiology; D003082:Colectomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*; D003093:Colitis, Ulcerative / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D004243:Divorce; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009664:Norway; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013405:Suicide
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs