Characterising recent mortality trends in people with bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in England using linked hospital and mortality data

Background and objectives Mortality is higher in people with severe mental illness than others. An important policy goal is to reduce this ’mortality gap’. The objectives of this thesis were to investigate whether the gap has reduced in recent years in people with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia,...

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Main Author: Hoang, Uy Hoang
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.628327