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Epilepsy and non-organic non-affective psychosis: national epidemiological study
- Authors:
- BREDKJAER Soren Rask, MORTENSEN Preben Bo, PARNAS Josef
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 172, March 1998, pp.235-238.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This article tests the hypothesis that epilepsy increases the risk of developing schizophrenia and other non-affective functional psychoses using a nation-wide sample of people with epilepsy. The findings support the notion of an association between epilepsy and the risk of subsequent non-affective psychosis.
Mortality and causes of death in a total national sample of patients with affective disorders admitted for the first time between 1973 and 1993
- Authors:
- HOYER Eyd Hansen, MORTENSEN Preben Bo, OLESEN Anne V.
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Psychiatry, 176, January 2000, pp.76-82.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
This Danish study describes the pattern of mortality in patients with affective disorder and to study changes in suicide risk during the study period. Mortality from all natural and unnatural causes was elevated in all subgroups of affective disorder. More attention should be paid to the risk of suicide and physical illness in patients with affective disorders.