... Service (NHS), 2014 ; Welsh Government, 2020 ], however, physical health outcomes of people with serious mental illness (SMI) who are detained in secure inpatient setting remains poor. People with SMI such as schizophrenia have an increased risk of premature death and on average die 14.5 years earlier...

...Donna S. Baird Purpose People with mental disorders experience higher rates of disability and mortality disproportionately than the general population. Until recently, psychiatric palliative care (PPC) for people with serious mental illness (SMI) was not explored as a treatment option. This paper...

...Charlotte Strauss Swanson; Tracy Schroepfer Purpose Mental health practitioners working with female clients diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI) often face client disclosures of sexual assault. Research has shown that practitioners’ responses can be complicated by the diagnosis and lack...