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The National Centre for
Register-based Research

Research mainly related to schizophrenia, affective illness, and suicide

The centre houses the following major research projects

iPSYCH: The Lundbeck Foundation Initiative for Integrated Psychiatric Research: iPsych
CIRRAU: Aarhus University’s 6 year funding for continuation of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Register-based Research
Stanley Medical Research Institute Grant: Pre- and neonatal infections as interacting courses of and biomarkers for schizophrenia and bipolar affective disorders. A population-based approach based on Danish registers and biobanks
Danish National Research Foundation: Niels Bohr Professorship for Professor John McGrath, Brisbane, Australia. More information here

Newest Publications

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Khan, A., Plana-Ripoll, O., Antonsen, S., Brandt, J., Geels, C., Landecker, H. ... Rzhetsky, A. (2019). Environmental pollution is associated with increased risk of psychiatric disorders in the US and Denmark. P L o S Biology (Online), 17(8), 3000353. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000353

Plana-Ripoll, O., Pedersen, C. B., Holtz, Y., Benros, M. E., Dalsgaard, S., de Jonge, P. ... McGrath, J. J. (2019). Exploring Comorbidity Within Mental Disorders Among a Danish National Population. J A M A Psychiatry, 76(3), 259-270. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2018.3658

Hansen, M. R. H., Jørs, E., Sandbæk, A., Kolstad, H. A., Schullehner, J. & Schlünssen, V. (2019). Exposure to neuroactive non-organochlorine insecticides, and diabetes mellitus and related metabolic disturbances: Protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis. Environment International, 127, 664-670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.02.074

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National Centre for Register-based Research
Department of Economics and Business Economics
Aarhus BSS
Aarhus University
Fuglesangs Allé 26
Building R
8210 Aarhus V

Tel: +45 8716 5312
Fax: +45 8716 4601

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Mentally ill people in Denmark die up to 10 years earlier

Causes of early death in mentally ill people include suicide and unhealthy diet. This is daunting, but not surprising says Jakob Christensen, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, after having read this new paper in The Lancet

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