General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 555-563 , November 2009

Excess heart-disease-related mortality in a national study of patients with mental disorders: identifying modifiable risk factors

  • Amy M. Kilbourne, Ph.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • VA Ann Arbor HSR&D Center of Excellence and National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. VA Ann Arbor Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA. Tel.: +1 734 845 5046; fax: +1 734 845 3249.
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  • Nancy E. Morden, M.D., M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community and Family Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School and The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Hanover, NH, USA
    • ,
  • Karen Austin, M.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • VA Ann Arbor HSR&D Center of Excellence and National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • ,
  • Mark Ilgen, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA Ann Arbor HSR&D Center of Excellence and National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • John F. McCarthy, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA Ann Arbor HSR&D Center of Excellence and National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
    • ,
  • Gregory Dalack, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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  • Frederic C. Blow, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • VA Ann Arbor HSR&D Center of Excellence and National Serious Mental Illness Treatment Research and Evaluation Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48105, USA
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Received 25 February 2009 ,Accepted 14 July 2009.

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PII: S0163-8343(09)00141-8

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.07.008

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 555-563 , November 2009

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