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Age-Adjusted Comparison of Populations Before and After Psychotropic Drug Era

Thomas J. Craig, MD, MPH; Shang P. Lin, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1981;38(8):935-938.

Abstract
• Comparison of age-adjusted death rates for inpatient and general populations from three pre-drug era and one post-drug era samples revealed a progressive decline in mortality that was most marked among elderly men. When length of stay was considered, the post-drug era sample showed a 30% reduction in mortality among patients hospitalized less than one year and a 50% reduction among longer-stay patients. The findings fail to support an increased mortality risk associated with the use of psychotropic drugs but dramatize the increased need for psychiatric services resulting from the increased survival of patients, especially those with long-term hospital stays.

Author Affiliations
From the Information Sciences Division, Rockland Research Institute, Orangeburg, NY.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication March 13, 1981.

Reprint requests to 40 Woodbine Rd, New City, NY 10956 (Dr Craig).

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