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The Pattern of Mortality in Severe Neuroses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Andrew Sims  and
Patricia Prior
Andrew Sims
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham B15 2TH
Patricia Prior
Affiliation:
Department of Social Medicine, Medical School, University of Birmingham
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Summary

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.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 133 , Issue 4 , October 1978 , pp. 299 - 305
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1978 

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