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Interaction between mental disorders and social disconnectedness on mortality: population-based cohort study: commentary, Laustsen et al

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 April 2025

Lisbeth Mølgaard Laustsen*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; and DEFACTUM - Public Health Research, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark
Linda Ejlskov
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Danni Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Mathias Lasgaard
Affiliation:
DEFACTUM - Public Health Research, Central Denmark Region, Aarhus, Denmark; and Department of Psychology, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
Jaimie L. Gradus
Affiliation:
Boston University School of Public Health, USA; and Boston University School of Medicine, USA
Søren Dinesen Østergaard
Affiliation:
Department of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital - Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark; and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Marie Stjerne Grønkjær
Affiliation:
Center for Clinical Research and Prevention, Copenhagen University Hospital - Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Oleguer Plana-Ripoll
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark; and National Centre for Register-based Research, Aarhus University, Denmark
*
Correspondence: Lisbeth Mølgaard Laustsen. Email: [email protected]

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