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Serious mental illness

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Serious mental illness

from

NICE Guideline NG54 - Mental health problems in people with learning disabilities: prevention, assessment and management

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Defined in this guideline as: severe and incapacitating depression or anxiety, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or schizoaffective disorder.

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