Publications by authors named "Dag Tidemalm"
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- A study analyzed gender differences in the treatment of bipolar disorder using data from over 7,300 patients in Sweden from 2004 to 2011 to see how treatment varied based on gender.
- Women were treated more frequently with antidepressants, lamotrigine, electroconvulsive therapy, benzodiazepines, and psychotherapy, while men were more often prescribed lithium, with no gender differences in mood stabilizers or neuroleptics.
- The findings suggest that clinicians may make treatment decisions influenced by the patient's gender, rather than severity or subtype of the disorder, although the findings may not be applicable to inpatient care or other countries.
Background: Investigating mortality in those with mental disorder is one way of measuring effects of mental health care reorganisation. This study's aim was to investigate whether the excess mortality in those with severe mental disorder remains high in Sweden after the initiation of the Community Mental Health Care Reform. We analysed excess mortality by gender, type of mental health service and psychiatric diagnosis in a large community-based cohort with long-term mental disorder.
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