Causes of death in DSM-III schizophrenics and other psychotics (atypical group). A comparison with the general population.
Causes of death were determined in a cohort of DSM-III schizophrenics and in a group of "other" psychotics (with schizoaffective disorder, schizophreniform disorder, and atypical psychoses), and comparisons were made with the general population. Five causes of death were considered in this analysis: (1) infections, (2) neoplasms, (3) cardiovascular, (4) unnatural, and (5) other. Suicide occurred in excess among other psychotics compared with schizophrenics and with the general population.
Buda
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Psychiatry Service, Brockton/West Roxbury, Veterans Administration Medical Center, MA 02401.
Tsuang
M T
MT
Fleming
J A
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002423:Cause of Death; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007484:Iowa; D008297:Male; D008370:Manuals as Topic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology