title: Mortality in a cohort of long-term users of community psychiatric services.
abstract: A cohort of 181 users of community psychiatric services in Camberwell with at least one year's history of contact was traced for two years following a census day. Four of the eight patients who had been given a primary diagnosis of an organic condition died during this period. For the others the population-standardized mortality risk was 2.4, similar to rates previously found for in-patients with acute disorders. The causes of death were those that are common in the population. Only one suicide was recorded.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003704:Dementia / Q000401:mortality; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000401:mortality*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000401:mortality