HCP Live November 27, 2023
In a new study, the highest socioeconomic group was associated with lower morality rates for all-cause mortality, lower morality from natural causes, and higher mortality from external causes. Although the data does not show a significant link between the role of socioeconomic position with the mortality rate among people with mental disorders.
A new study found mental disorders are associated with higher mortality, and socioeconomic positions do not significantly affect mortality rates. Therefore, the limited evidence suggested socioeconomic positions do not play a significant role in the association between mental disorders and mortality.1
A 2015 meta-analysis demonstrated mortality rates are 2- to 3-fold higher than people with mental disorders than people without mental disorders. Not only that, but people with...