What is Serious Mental Illness in Community Psychiatry?

A diagnostic and functional category designating mental disorders that substantially interfere with major life activities and persist over time, used in community psychiatry to determine service eligibility.

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Federally Qualified Health Center - a community-based healthcare provider that receives federal funding to serve underserved populations.

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Serious Mental Illness

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A diagnostic and functional category designating mental disorders that substantially interfere with major life activitie...

SMI severe mental illness

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Term	Category	Difficulty	Definition
Serious Mental Illness IVT	Technical Term	Basic	A diagnostic and functional category designating mental disorders that substanti...

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