Background Serious mental illness (SMI)—which comprises long-term conditions such as
schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and other psychoses—has enormous costs for patients and …

Purpose To measure the prevalence of physical and mental health comorbidities in people
with epilepsy in a large population cohort, and to examine the prevalence of depression …

Background Serious mental illness (SMI), including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and
other psychoses, is linked with high disease burden, poor outcomes, high treatment costs …

BACKGROUND: In September 2011, the government of Ontario implemented payment
incentives to encourage the delivery of community-based psychiatric care to patients after …

Background Long-term use of antipsychotics confers increased risk of cardiometabolic
disease. Ongoing need should be reviewed regularly by psychiatrists. Aim To explore trends …

Available data have demonstrated the clinical benefits and cost-effectiveness of multi-
component treatment packages for individuals early in the course of psychotic-spectrum …

Abstract Background Hospital admissions for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions (ACSC)
are those that could potentially be prevented by timely and effective disease management …

Background: Financial incentives may improve primary care access for adults with
schizophrenia or bipolar disorder (serious mental illness [SMI]). We studied the association …

Objective To define a set of indicators for mental health care, monitoring quality assurance in
schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorders in Spain. Material and method Qualitative …

Objective To investigate whether two primary care activities that are framed as indicators of
primary care quality (comprehensive care plans and annual reviews of physical health) …