Mortality in chronic schizophrenia during decreasing number of psychiatric beds in Finland

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• 作者：Salokangas ; Raimo K.R. ; Honkonen ; Teija ; Stengå ; rd ; Eija ; Koivisto ; Anna-Maija
• 关键词：Schizophrenia ; Mortality ; Suicide
• 刊名：Schizophrenia Research
• 出版年：2002
• 出版时间：April 1, 2002
• 年：2002
• 卷：54
• 期：3
• 页码：265-275
• 全文大小：112 K

文摘

Mortality, especially mortality due to suicides, is higher among patients suffering from schizophrenia than among the general population. Little is known about the factors predicting the mortality of schizophrenia patients. It has also been suggested that mortality among psychiatric patients increases as the number of beds in mental hospitals decreases. These questions were studied in 4338 schizophrenia patients discharged in 1982, 1986, 1990 and 1994 from mental hospitals in Finland. During this period, the number of beds in mental hospitals in Finland decreased from 3.8 to 1.3 per 1000 inhabitants.