Background: People with diagnoses of intellectual disability or serious mental illness have
higher mortality rates due to physical comorbidities; better understanding is needed to guide …

The term severe mental illness (SMI) encompasses those psychiatric disorders exerting the
highest clinical burden and socio-economic impact on the affected individuals and their …

Background Serious mental illness (SMI) can have devastating consequences.
Unfortunately, many patients with SMI do not receive evidence-based psychological …

With already wide disparities in physical health and life expectancy, COVID-19 presents
people with mental illness with additional threats to their health: decreased access to health …

Individuals with serious mental illness (SMI) face unique and significant challenges that
require evidence-based practices and clinicians who have advanced, comprehensive …

Although there have been momentous and critical advancements in serious mental illness
(SMI) psychology doctoral training models and competencies, there is still much systemic …

Background As the overdose crisis continues in the US and Canada, opioid use disorder
(OUD) treatment outcomes for people with co-occurring psychiatric disorders are not well …

Introduction Zentangle is an emerging art intervention that incorporates mindfulness into
creative drawing. This pilot study explored Zentangle as a novel adjunct treatment for people …

The construct “serious/severe mental illness,” or “SMI,” is a priority within mental health
initiatives in the United States. However, there is a lack of clarity regarding its operational …

BackgroundVaccine-preventable conditions cause preventable illness and may increase
mortality in people living with mental illness. We examined how risks of hospitalisation for a …