BACKGROUND Severe mental illness is responsible for a significant proportion of burden of diseases in Iranian population. People with severe mental illnesses are more likely to have high rates of non-attendance at follow-up visits, and lack of an active follow-up system, particularly in the country's urban areas that has resulted in the revolving door phenomenon of rehospitalizations. Therefore...

BACKGROUND The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world which has created a public health crisis. Correctional facilities have become a front line for mental health care. Public health research in this setting could inform criminal justice reform. We determined prevalence rates for mental illnesses and related comorbidities among all inmates in a state prison system. METH...

399 LETTERS Mental health services — primary concerns for the future Sir, As primary care groups (PCGs) take over commissioning the majority of mental health services, they may seek to shift the emphasis of commissioned care to meeting the needs of patients suffering from mild and moderate degrees of mental illnesses, such as anxiety and mild depression, at the expense of those with severe, end...