Christoffer Bartz-Johannessen

Significant outcomes Psychiatric symptoms were generally not associated with increased mortality risk in patients admitted to a psychiatric acute ward. Many risk factors for mortality are modifiable, including physical illness and excessive use of alcohol and illicit substances. Limitations The study lacked information about well-known risk factors for natural death, such as smoking habits, blood pressure, cholesterol, and body mass index.

ABSTRACT Objective: To prospectively investigate the predictive value of diagnosis, suicidal behavior, and subjectively experienced depressed mood for imminent risk of suicide death. Methods: This prospective study included a representative and diagnostically mixed sample of 7,000 acutely hospitalized psychiatric patients between May 2005 and July 2014 in a Norwegian catchment area of 400,000 inhabitants.