One of the greatest problems of deinstitutionalization has been the very large number of persons with severe mental illness who have entered the criminal justice system instead of the mental health system.

Background and Aim: People with severe mental illness (SMI) have a life expectancy of up to twenty years less than the general population many live incurable physical health conditions. Ye...

The Czech Republic's plan to pilot community-based mental health services is a welcome development for people with both mild and severe forms of mental illness. Petr Třešňák reports.

Individuals with severe mental illness (SMI) experienced substantial disruptions in care during the pandemic, and these were even greater among disadvantaged populations, according to new research examining outpatient Medicare beneficiaries.

Hope is an important aspect of mental health recovery and a major concern in patients with mental illness. Therefore, an instrument to measure hope could be useful for clinical settings and research. The aim of this study was to develop a Dutch version of the Herth Hope Index (HHI-Dutch) and to evaluate its validity and reliability in a sample of people with severe mental illness. The HHI-Dutch...