Background Recovery is a process involving empowering individuals to take control of their
lives and develop meaningful and purposeful life regardless of whether their mental health …

Background: One goal within positive psychiatry is to support the personal recovery of
persons with mental illness and providing opportunities for well-being. Aim: The current …

Excess mortality in persons with severe mental disorders (SMD) is a major public health
challenge that warrants action. The number and scope of truly tested interventions in this …

Background High resource expenditure on acute care is a challenge for mental health
services aiming to focus on supporting recovery, and relapse after an acute crisis episode is …

Comprehensive coordinated specialty care programs for first-episode psychosis have been
widely implemented in other countries but not in the United States. The National Institute of …

Schizophrenia and bipolar disorder are chronic conditions with the early onset, higher
relapse rate, and functional impairment that often persist despite optimum pharmacotherapy …

Background In longitudinal research, switching between diagnoses should be considered
when examining patients with depression and anxiety. We investigated course trajectories of …

Abstract Background Bipolar Disorder (BD) is a severe mental health problem.
Psychological interventions are recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care …

Objective: Patient decision aids have been used in many clinical situations to improve the
patient centeredness of care. A patient decision aid for patients with posttraumatic stress …

Purpose There is robust evidence for offering supported self-management interventions for
people with severe mental illness (SMI) throughout secondary mental health services, but …