Objective: The term “serious mental illness”(SMI) is widely used across research, practice,
and policy settings. However, there is no consistent operational definition, and its reliability …

BACKGROUND: An operational definition of serious mental illness (SMI) with well-defined
inclusion criteria allows the identification of the most vulnerable individuals and secures …

Objective Persons with serious mental illness (SMI) have high rates of premature mortality
from preventable medical conditions, but this group is underrepresented in epidemiologic …

Objective There is a lack of consensus on the identification of seriously mentally ill patients
(SMI). This study investigates the external and predictive validity of an operationalized …

Background Psychiatric comorbidity is known to impact upon use of nonpsychiatric health
services. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to assess the specific …

Background: Lack of consensus about the meaning of severe mental illness makes it difficult
to prioritise the severely mentally ill for specialist mental health care. The goal of this study …

Objective To examine the odds associated with having medical comorbidities among
patients with serious mental illness (SMI) in a large integrated health system. Method In a …

Background Public Law 102-321 established a block grant for adults with" serious mental
illness"(SMI) and required the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration …

The development of both psychiatric epidemiology and the underlying conceptual
framework of psychiatric nosology is currently at an interesting crossroads. This historical …

Psychiatry is a rather quite young medical discipline, psychiatry evolved into its present form
at the beginning of the nineteenth century (1). From its beginning there has been a …