Mortality of 403 patients with mood disorders 48 to 52 years after their psychiatric hospitalisation

Angst, Jules; Hengartner, Michael Pascal; Gamma, Alex; von Zerssen, Detlev; Angst, Felix

doi:10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Mortality of 403 patients with mood disorders 48 to 52 years after their psychiatric hospitalisation
Authors:	Angst, Jules Hengartner, Michael Pascal Gamma, Alex von Zerssen, Detlev Angst, Felix
DOI:	10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1
Published in:	European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
Volume(Issue):	263
Issue:	5
Page(s):	425
Pages to:	434
Issue Date:	2012
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Springer
ISSN:	0940-1334 1433-8491
Language:	English
Subjects:	Female; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Mood Disorders; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Regression Analysis; Survival Analysis; Hospitals, Psychiatric
Subject (DDC):	616.8: Neurology, diseases of nervous system
Abstract:	The purpose is to analyse differences in mortality among patients with major depressive disorders (MDD), bipolar-II (BP-II), bipolar-I (BP-I) disorders and mania with or without minor depressive disorders and to identify risk factors of mortality. The sample represents all admissions for depression or mania over 5 years (1959-1963) to the Psychiatric Hospital of Zurich University, serving a large area. 403 patients were included and followed up every 5 years until 1985; thereafter, mortality data were collected repeatedly until 2009 when 352 (87%) patients had died. Standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) were computed and survival analyses applied. With the exception of BP-II disorder, the three other diagnostic groups showed elevated SMRs. The group with mania had the highest SMR for cardiovascular deaths and the group with MDD the highest for deaths by suicide. Mortality was also high among patients with late-onset MDD. Across the diagnostic spectrum, we found differences in risk factors for mortality, such as a family history of suicides and personality type: more anxious patients with MDD lived longer, and among patients with BP disorders, more tense (aggressive) types had shorter lives. Long-term medication had a protective effect against mortality in patients with MDD during years 1-9 and in patients with BP disorders during years 1-19 after admission. We found marked differences in causes of death and risk factors between subgroups of mood disorders. For the purpose of further research, it would be recommendable to distinguish pure mania from bipolar disorders.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/15118
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License (according to publishing contract):	Licence according to publishing contract
Departement:	Applied Psychology
Organisational Unit:	Psychological Institute (PI)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen Angewandte Psychologie

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Angst, J., Hengartner, M. P., Gamma, A., von Zerssen, D., & Angst, F. (2012). Mortality of 403 patients with mood disorders 48 to 52 years after their psychiatric hospitalisation. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 263(5), 425–434. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1

Angst, J. et al. (2012) ‘Mortality of 403 patients with mood disorders 48 to 52 years after their psychiatric hospitalisation’, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 263(5), pp. 425–434. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1.

J. Angst, M. P. Hengartner, A. Gamma, D. von Zerssen, and F. Angst, “Mortality of 403 patients with mood disorders 48 to 52 years after their psychiatric hospitalisation,” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 263, no. 5, pp. 425–434, 2012, doi: 10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1.

ANGST, Jules, Michael Pascal HENGARTNER, Alex GAMMA, Detlev VON ZERSSEN und Felix ANGST, 2012. Mortality of 403 patients with mood disorders 48 to 52 years after their psychiatric hospitalisation. European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience. 2012. Bd. 263, Nr. 5, S. 425–434. DOI 10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1

Angst, Jules, Michael Pascal Hengartner, Alex Gamma, Detlev von Zerssen, and Felix Angst. 2012. “Mortality of 403 Patients with Mood Disorders 48 to 52 Years after Their Psychiatric Hospitalisation.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience 263 (5): 425–34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1.

Angst, Jules, et al. “Mortality of 403 Patients with Mood Disorders 48 to 52 Years after Their Psychiatric Hospitalisation.” European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, vol. 263, no. 5, 2012, pp. 425–34, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-012-0380-1.