Parenthood and severe mental illness: Relationships with recovery [PDF]
Objective Parenting is an important life domain for many people, but little research examines the parenting experience and its role in recovery for those with a severe mental illness.
Adams, Erin L. +4 more
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Intensive case management for severe mental illness [PDF]
Intensive Case Management (ICM) is a community-based package of care aiming to provide long-term care for severely mentally ill people who do not require immediate admission. Intensive Case Management evolved from two original community models of care, Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) and Case Management (CM), where ICM emphasises the importance of ...
Dieterich, Marina +5 more
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Interaction Between Race, Ethnicity, Severe Mental Illness, and Cardiovascular Disease
Severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder, affect ≈1% of the population who, as a group, experience significant disadvantage in terms of physical health and reduced life expectancy.
Kevin O'Gallagher +3 more
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Subjective and objective indicators of recovery in severe mental illness: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Background: This study aimed to determine whether subjective dimensions of recovery such as empowerment are associated with self-report of more objective indicators such as level of participation in the community and income from employment.
King, Robert +2 more
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Day centres for severe mental illness
The number of people with severe mental illness who receive treatment whilst living at home has increased greatly over the last 30 years. Day centres and day hospitals frequently supplement this treatment.To determine the effects of non-medical day centre care for people with severe mental illness.We updated our search in September 2005.
Catty, J +3 more
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Background The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic not only threatens physical health, but also affects the mental health of people. Yet, health consequences of the pandemic do not affect all members of society equally.
Daniel Deimel +4 more
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Severe mental illness and substance misuse
Evidence from the United States suggests that half of all patients with schizophrenia also have a substance misuse disorder.1 This comorbidity is associated with poor prognosis and heavy use of expensive inpatient care through recurrent “revolving door” admissions.2 The phenomenon has only recently been recognised in the United Kingdom, but one survey ...
T, Weaver +3 more
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Aloneness and loneliness – persons with severe mental illness and experiences of being alone
People with severe mental illness (SMI) are often described as lonely and socially incapable – an inability resulting from the mental illness. The aim of this article is to explore experiences of being alone among persons with SMI.
Gunnel Andersson +3 more
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A systematic review of the effects of novel psychoactive substances “legal highs” on people with severe mental illness [PDF]
Introduction: Novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are synthetic substances that have been developed to produce altered states of consciousness and perceptions.
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Early intervention for stigma towards mental illness? Promoting positive attitudes towards severe mental illness in primary school children [PDF]
Purpose Stigma towards severe mental illness (SMI) is widespread, exacerbating mental health problems, and impacting on help-seeking and social inclusion. Anti-stigma campaigns are meeting with success, but results are mixed.
Brown, Rupert +6 more
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