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Definition
of
Severe mental illness
from
NICE Guideline CG192 - Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance
This is defined in this guideline as severe and incapacitating depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, schizoaffective disorder and postpartum psychosis.
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Definition
of
Severe mental illness
from
NICE Guideline NG58 - Coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse: community health and social care services
Severe mental illness includes a clinical diagnosis of: schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders, or bipolar affective disorder, or severe depressive episodes with or without psychotic episodes.
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