Life expectancy at birth and all-cause mortality among people with personality disorder

Fok, Marcella Lei-Yee; Hayes, Richard D.; Chang, Chin-Kuo; Stewart, Robert; Callard, Felicity J.; Moran, Paul

doi:10.1016/j.jpsychores.2012.05.001

Life expectancy at birth and all-cause mortality among people with personality disorder

OBJECTIVE It is well established that serious mental illness is associated with raised mortality, yet few studies have looked at the life expectancy of people with personality disorder (PD). This study aims to examine the life expectancy and relative mortality in people with PD within secondary m…