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Severe mental illness

Definition

of

Severe mental illness

from

NICE Guideline CG192 - Antenatal and postnatal mental health: clinical management and service guidance

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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

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Severe mental illness

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NICE Guideline NG58 - Coexisting severe mental illness and substance misuse: community health and social care services

National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

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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