Background It is controversial whether compulsory community treatment (CCT) for people
with severe mental illness (SMI) reduces health service use, or improves clinical outcome …

Schizophrenia is a life-shortening disease and life expectancy in patients may be 15–20
years shorter than in the general population, with increasing longevity gap over time …

People with severe mental illness have a considerably shorter lifespan than the general
population. This excess mortality is mainly due to physical illness. Next to mental illness …

Background: Head injuries have been associated with subsequent suicide among military
personnel, but outcomes after a concussion in the community are uncertain. We assessed …

Objective There is a dearth of community-based epidemiologic literature that examines post-
traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) across the adult lifespan. In the current study the authors …

Objective: Community treatment orders (CTOs) exist in more than 75 jurisdictions worldwide.
This review outlines findings from the international literature on CTO effectiveness. Method …

Disturbances in the brain glutamate and GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) homeostasis may be
markers of transition to psychosis in individuals at high-risk (HR). Knowledge of GABA and …

Objective The incidence and mortality rates of breast cancer in individuals with pre‐existing
severe mental illness (SMI), such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression …

Objectives: Australia and New Zealand have some of the highest rates of compulsory
community treatment order use worldwide. There are also concerns that people from …

Objectives Limited evidence is available regarding the effect of community treatment orders
(CTOs) on mortality and readmission to psychiatric hospital. We compared clinical outcomes …