Psychiatric News (2/24) reports, “More than half of individuals living in a large metropolitan county in North Carolina who died suddenly outside the hospital had at least one diagnosed mental illness or substance use disorder in the previous five years, and more than one-third had two or more,” investigators concluded after screening “for sudden deaths attended by emergency medical services in Wake County, N.C., from March 1, 2013, to February 28, 2015.” The study revealed that among people “with mental and/or substance use disorders, cardiovascular, respiratory, and metabolic conditions were common.” The findings were published online Feb. 17 in Psychiatric Services, a publication of the American Psychiatric Association.
Related Links:
— “Mental Illness, Substance Use Disorders Found Common Among Individuals Who Die Suddenly, Psychiatric News, February 24, 2021