Thomas Munk Laursen

TL;DR: In Denmark, the risk of postpartum mental disorders among primiparous mothers is increased for several months after childbirth, but among fathers there is no excess of severe mental disorders necessitating admission or outpatient contacts.

TL;DR: The most urgent research agenda concerns primary candidates for modifiable risk factors contributing to this excess mortality, i.e., side effects of treatment and lifestyle factors, as well as sufficient prevention and treatment of physical comorbidity.

TL;DR: Investigating the excess mortality in different diagnostic categories due to suicide and other external causes of death, and due to specific causes in connection with diseases and medical conditions in Denmark, Finland, and Sweden found that mortality was generally lowest in patients with affective disorders and highest in Patients with substance abuse and personality disorders.

TL;DR: The life expectancy gap for people with mental disorders has somewhat diminished in the three Nordic countries and the results support further development of the Nordic welfare state model, i.e. tax-funded community-based public services and social protection.

TL;DR: A comprehensive framework that may be useful for designing, implementing and evaluating interventions and programmes to reduce excess mortality in persons with SMD is described, incorporating lessons learned from the multilevel model of risk and the comprehensive intervention framework.