Individuals with severe mental illnesses (SMI) face a striking excess and premature mortality
which has been demonstrated in several national contexts. This phenomenon, which …

Objective: Reports show disparities in the health care of persons with severe mental illness
(SMI), including in countries with universal health insurance. However, the moderating effect …

Aims. People with a mental illness have a shorter lifespan and higher rates of somatic
illnesses than the general population. They also face multiple barriers which interfere with …

Background A huge and still growing mortality gap between people with severe mental
illness (SMI) and the general population exists. Physical illnesses, mainly cardiovascular …

Abstract Severe Mental Illness (SMI) encompasses a range of chronic conditions including
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and psychoses. Patients with SMI often require inpatient …

The mortality of individuals with severe mental disorders had only ever been studied in a
fragmentary way in France. The availability of data relating to the medical causes of death …

Objectives Little is known about the prevalence of comorbidity rates in people with severe
mental illness (SMI) in UK primary care. We calculated the prevalence of SMI by UK country …

AimsAlthough many mental health care systems provide care interventions that are not
related to direct health care, little is known about the interfaces between the latter and core …

Although many countries' policies give Severe Mental Illness (SMI) priority inside Mental
Health Services, researches assessing the prevalence of SMI in Mental Health Services …

Background Socioeconomic status has important associations with disease-specific
mortality in the general population. Although individuals with Severe Mental Illnesses (SMI) …