Strategies to close the 'mortality gap'.

摘要

As a clinician, the outcomes that I consider most important among my patients with serious mental illness have changed quite a bit over time. I spend less time these days focusing on the frequency or intensity of their specific symptoms and more time looking at their overall quality of life. In brief, I have prioritized "recovery-oriented outcomes," as summarized by Charles G. Curie when he was the director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (2001-2006), as follows: Do they have "a place called home, a decent job and a date on Saturday night?"