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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"severe mental illness (SMI)"”.
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What are individual perceptions of the role that physical activity plays during treatment of severe mental illness (SMI)?
… been many studies published on treatments for severe mental illness (SMI) and the use of physical activity programs during treatment of SMI. However, many of the problems faced by community living individuals recovering from SMI are overlooked or not accounted for. Discrimination, side effects …
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The Impact of the Working Alliance on Vocational Outcomes for People with Severe Mental Illness Enrolled in Employment Programs
… programs providing services to people with severe mental illness (SMI). Because prior research has found that the strength of the relationship, or working alliance, between service providers and people with SMI is related to a variety of beneficial outcomes, the purpose of the current study …
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Transition from institutional care to community care for residents of community care units in Greece: construction of the notion of “asylum” in community care units
… the shifting meaning of “asylum” for people with severe mental illness (SMI), who are residents of community care units (CCUs), by comparing and contrasting participants’ experiences of CCUs with their previous lives in institutions. Currently, there is a gap in the Greek context in the field of …
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Examining the relationship between health behaviours and mental health in a Luxembourg sheltered work environment : a quantitative study
Background: People suffering from severe mental illness (SMI) engage in fewer health behaviours and, in return, suffer a reduced lifespan by up to 25 years. Past literature on health behaviours and SMI is complex, fragmented and inconclusive, and has chiefly focused on single health behaviours in …
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The occurrence of childhood trauma in patients with severe mental illness with and without co-occurring substance disorders
… of substance use disorders (SUDs) and severe mental illness (SMI) in community cohorts. There is a paucity of data on correlates of CT in dually diagnosed clinical populations in South Africa. We investigated the association among mono-substance use, polysubstance use and CT. …
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COVID-19 and serious mental illness: Experience from a psychiatric hospital in Cape Town, South Africa
… infrastructure and service design, patients' mental health profiles, and staff's medical skills. Aim: To describe the psychiatric and medical profile, and the risk factors associated with more severe disease and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with severe mental illness (SMI) …
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Evidence-Based Interventions to Increase Cardiometabolic Screening Rates in Psychiatric Patients
… population. Patients who have serious and/or severe mental illness (SMI) are at particularly elevated risk of developing medical illness. Medical comorbidities in this population often begin with cardiometabolic changes manifesting as obesity and high BMI, increased blood pressure, increased …
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Nutrition interventions in people experiencing severe mental illness
People experiencing severe mental illness (SMI) have a reduced life expectancy of 15-years when compared to the general population, primarily driven by preventable cardiovascular disease and other cardiometabolic complications. There is a large body of literature describing poor physical health in …
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Influences on the Food Choice Behavior of Adults with Severe Mental Illness
… of community-dwelling adults diagnosed with a severe mental illness (SMI) and to examine their diet quality and patterns of dietary intake.</p> <p>Methods: This exploratory mixed-methods study involved the use of qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. Semi-structured interviews …
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Individual Placement and Support (IPS) for persons with severe mental illness -Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial in Sweden
… and experiences of IPS among persons with severe mental illness (SMI) living in Sweden. The thesis has also provided information about the work motivation among those persons with SMI who seek vocational support by IPS. The results revealed that IPS participation can provide a means for …
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Occupational therapy interventions for community re-integration of mental health care users with severe mental illness in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
… for the community re-integration of mental health care users (MHCUs) and the factors that influence this process in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Introduction: Mental health issues affect a large portion of the global population, with severe mental illness (SMI) …
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Work and psychiatric disabilities. A person, environment, and occupation perspective on Individual Placement and Support
… more sustainable working career for people with severe mental illness (SMI). The thesis has given the IPS-participants an active voice about what it is like to start to work in a Swedish context, visualised the psychiatric disability in relation to work, discerned the support and process in IPS, …
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Family planning for women with severe mental illness in rural Ethiopia: a qualitative study
… all women of reproductive age, but in women with severe mental illness (SMI) there may be particular challenges and concerns. As primary care-based mental health care is expanded in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), there is an opportunity to improve family planning services for women with …
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The Relationship Between Working Alliance, Patient Activation, Hope, and Depression in Community Mental Health Care
… treatment outcomes within treatment of severe mental illness (SMI). However, little is known about the mechanisms through which working alliance improves outcomes in this population. Through investigating key elements of recovery within SMI, two possible mediators—patient activation and …
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Triple comorbidity of severe mental illness, HIV infection & alcohol abuse in a female population at a community psychiatric clinic in Cape Town: Prevalence and correlates
Introduction: Severe mental illness (SMI), Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and hazardous alcohol use are global epidemics. Each condition is independently associated with significant adverse health outcomes. The presence of two or more of these conditions in one individual may result …
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AN EVALUATION OF THE NORTHAMPTON PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING (PhyHWell) PROJECT
… that life expectancy in patients with a severe mental illness (SMI) was reduced was by Farr in 1841. More recently, comparative research has demonstrated a higher level of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than the rest of the population in this group. Despite this knowledge, little has …
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The Delivery System Design of a Community Mental Health Center and Provision of Quality: Cardiometabolic Screening for Persons with a Severe Mental Illness Prescribed Atypical Antipsychotic Medication
<p>Background: Persons with a severe mental illness (SMI) prematurely lose up to 25 years of life when compared to the general population. This patient population has increased morbidity and mortality due to higher than normal rates of obesity, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. …
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The management of antipsychotic-induced weight gain
Introduction Those living with a severe mental illness (SMI) have a life expectancy estimated as 15-20 years shorter than the general population, with those living with schizophrenia being the most adversely affected. Approximately 40-50% of this excess mortality has been estimated as attributable …