title: The pattern of mortality in severe neuroses.
abstract: Is there an increased relative risk of death in severe neurosis? 1,482 patients from three psychiatric units in different hospitals in Birmingham were followed-up after a mean of 10.9 years. 91 per cent of the sample were traced and 139 patients were found to have died; a highly significant increased mortality for both sexes for all causes of death. Although suicide and accidents contributed disproportionately, particularly in early follow-up, there was still a markedly increased mortality from the combined categories of nervous respiratory and cardiovascular disease, more evenly distributed in time.
mesh_terms: D000059:Accidents; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D011041:Poisoning / Q000401:mortality; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D013405:Suicide; D013997:Time Factors; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000401:mortality