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| Thomas Munk LaursenSummaryAffiliation: National Centre for Register-based Research Country: Denmark Publications
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A comparison of selected risk factors for unipolar depressive disorder, bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia from a danish population-based cohortThomas Munk Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1673-81. 2007..Furthermore, we examined the incidence of the disorders in a population-based cohort and evaluated our results in the context of the Kraepelinian dichotomization...
Life expectancy and cardiovascular mortality in persons with schizophreniaThomas M Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus C, Denmark
Curr Opin Psychiatry 25:83-8. 2012..To assess the impact of cardiovascular disease on the excess mortality and shortened life expectancy in schizophrenic patients...- Bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia overlap: a new comorbidity indexThomas Munk Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Taasingegade 1, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
J Clin Psychiatry 70:1432-8. 2009..We investigated the magnitude of the overlap between the clinical diagnoses of bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophrenia over a 35-year period based on the entire Danish population... - Reproductive patterns in psychotic patientsT M Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, Aarhus University, Taasingegade 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Schizophr Res 121:234-40. 2010..The reproductive pattern may be seen as a measure of outcome following psychotic disorder onset, and it may be measured as the rate of child births where the rate is a proxy measure of well-being... - Heart disease treatment and mortality in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder - changes in the Danish population between 1994 and 2006Thomas Munk Laursen
National Center for Register based Research, University of Aarhus, Taasingegade 1, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
J Psychiatr Res 45:29-35. 2011..The results call for a greater focus on improvement in somatic care and lifestyle factors for this group of patients... - Life expectancy among persons with schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorderThomas Munk Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, Aarhus University, Taasingegade 1, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Schizophr Res 131:101-4. 2011..Mortality rates among individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are elevated compared to the general population... - Somatic hospital contacts, invasive cardiac procedures, and mortality from heart disease in patients with severe mental disorderThomas Munk Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:713-20. 2009..Excess mortality from heart disease is observed in patients with severe mental disorder. This excess mortality may be rooted in adverse effects of pharmacological or psychotropic treatment, lifestyle factors, or inadequate somatic care... 
Chronic somatic comorbidity and excess mortality due to natural causes in persons with schizophrenia or bipolar affective disorderThomas Munk Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
PLoS ONE 6:e24597. 2011..The impact of somatic comorbidity, however, often is not duly considered in analyses and explanations of excess mortality in patients with psychotic disorders...- Increased mortality among patients admitted with major psychiatric disorders: a register-based study comparing mortality in unipolar depressive disorder, bipolar affective disorder, schizoaffective disorder, and schizophreniaThomas Munk Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
J Clin Psychiatry 68:899-907. 2007..However, the magnitude of the excess mortality differs from one mental disorder to another, and the impact on mortality if a first-degree family member suffers from a mental disorder has never been examined in a population-based study... - Family history of psychiatric illness as a risk factor for schizoaffective disorder: a Danish register-based cohort studyThomas Munk Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Taasingegade 1, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Arch Gen Psychiatry 62:841-8. 2005..Schizoaffective disorder may be related to both schizophrenia and bipolar disorders, but no population-based studies, to our knowledge, have investigated this association in families... - Filicide in offspring of parents with severe psychiatric disorders: a population-based cohort study of child homicideT M Laursen
National Centre for Register Based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
J Clin Psychiatry 72:698-703. 2011.... - Risks and predictors of readmission for a mental disorder during the postpartum periodTrine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Taasingegade 1, Aarhus C, Denmark
Arch Gen Psychiatry 66:189-95. 2009..To our knowledge, no prior study has compared mothers and nonmothers to determine whether the risk of readmission differs between these 2 groups of women... - All-cause mortality among recipients of electroconvulsive therapy: register-based cohort studyTrine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Br J Psychiatry 190:435-9. 2007..Studies investigating mortality secondary to electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are few... - Family and partner psychopathology and the risk of postpartum mental disordersTrine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
J Clin Psychiatry 68:1947-53. 2007..The aim was to assess how a history of mental disorders in either a first-degree family member or partner affects the risk of admission or outpatient contact with PPMD... - Trends in suicide risk associated with hospitalized psychiatric illness: a case-control study based on Danish longitudinal registersPing Qin
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Denmark
J Clin Psychiatry 67:1936-41. 2006.... - New parents and mental disorders: a population-based register studyTrine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
JAMA 296:2582-9. 2006..A few studies have found that some men have symptoms of depression after becoming fathers, but these studies have not documented whether this exceeds the morbidity among men in general... - Risk for schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like psychosis among patients with epilepsy: population based cohort studyPing Qin
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Taasingegade 1, DK 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
BMJ 331:23. 2005..To investigate whether age at onset of epilepsy, type of epilepsy, family history of psychosis, or family history of epilepsy affect the risk of schizophrenia or schizophrenia-like psychosis among patients with epilepsy... - First-time first-trimester induced abortion and risk of readmission to a psychiatric hospital in women with a history of treated mental disorderTrine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Aarhus C, Denmark
Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:159-65. 2012..Mental health problems are associated with women's reproductive decisions and predict poor mental health outcomes after abortion and childbirth... - Perinatal mental disorders in native Danes and immigrant womenTrine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, Aarhus University, Taasingegade 1, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark
Arch Womens Ment Health 13:319-26. 2010..Moreover, overall immigrants conferred a higher risk of psychiatric contact throughout the entire perinatal period... - Hospitalization for mental illness among parents after the death of a childJiong Li
Danish Epidemiology Science Center, Department of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark
N Engl J Med 352:1190-6. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: The risk of psychiatric hospitalization was increased among parents, especially mothers, who lost a child... - Psychiatric disorders with postpartum onset: possible early manifestations of bipolar affective disordersTrine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, Aarhus University, Denmark
Arch Gen Psychiatry 69:428-34. 2012.... - Induced first-trimester abortion and risk of mental disorderTrine Munk-Olsen
National Center for Register based Research, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
N Engl J Med 364:332-9. 2011.... - Electroconvulsive therapy: predictors and trends in utilization from 1976 to 2000Trine Munk-Olsen
National Centre for Register Based Research, University of Aarhus, Taasingegade 1, DK 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
J ECT 22:127-32. 2006..Use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) may have changed during the last decades due to advances in psychopharmacology and organizational changes of psychiatric care...