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- Title
Present and future of severe mental illness (SMI) policies: Reflections from an Asia–Pacific Expert Forum series.
- Authors
Wong, Michael Ming‐Cheuk; Castle, David; Organ, Bridget; Li, Jun; Ma, Liang; Chui, Eileena; Ho, Kimmy; Hung, Se‐Fong; Lo, Tak‐Lam; Szeto, Wai‐Lun; Yeung, Wai‐Song; Ahmed, Asif Iqbal; Desai, Nimesh; Thirthalli, Jagadisha; Yamanouchi, Yoshio; Hwang, Tae‐Yeon; Lee, Myung‐Soo; Lai, Te‐Jen; Yang, Yen‐Kuang; Karamustafalioglu, Oğuz
- Abstract
Severe mental illness (SMI) includes schizophrenia and related conditions, bipolar disorder, and moderate and severe depression, which in total affect more than 4% of the adult population worldwide and lead to substantial premature deaths, as people with SMI die on average one to two decades earlier than the general population.[1] Since the 1950s, institutionalization or hospital care for patients with SMI has been thought to be harmful, traumatizing, and uprooting from the patient's natural environment.[2] In contrast, community-based care or intensive case management models are advocated by a number of mental health practitioners to facilitate recovery of patients from SMI.[[2]] In December 2016 and November 2017, a series of Asia-Pacific Expert Forums were organized by the Hong Kong Association of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, with the aim to review the current landscape and key challenges of the management of SMI in parts of the region, including Australia, Hong Kong, China, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Turkey, and discuss possible approaches to optimal care for patients with SMI. A paradigm shift in SMI care is underway in the region: from conventional institutional care to patient-centered, recovery-oriented community care. Community-care programs for severe mental illness (SMI) launched in parts of the Asia-Pacific.
- Subjects
MENTAL illness; POPULATION health management; FORUMS; PSYCHIATRIC research; ALLIED health personnel; MENTAL health personnel
- Publication
Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences, 2020, Vol 74, Issue 2, p156
- ISSN
1323-1316
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/pcn.12964