Compared with the general population, individuals with mental disorders had increased risk for mortality across all disorders, according to results of a systematic review and meta-regression published in Journal of Psychiatric Research.
“One of the major limitations of previous quantitative systematic reviews is the use of meta-analytic models to synthesize mortality estimates without taking into account potential sources of heterogeneity between studies,” Suhailah Ali, of the school of public health at the University of Queensland in Australia, and colleagues wrote. “This