ArticleBMJ supportive & palliative care2023
Severe mental illness and palliative care: patient semistructured interviews.
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- Delivering Palliative Care in Mental Health Nursing Settings: A Systematic Review.Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing · 2026Pooled it
- End-of-life care for people with severe and persistent mental illness and a life-limiting disease: An umbrella review.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025Pooled it
- End of life care for people with severe mental illness: Mixed methods systematic review and thematic synthesis (the MENLOC study).Palliative medicine · 2021Pooled it
- The silent struggle of ageing with SMI: a narrative review of physical health disparities in older adults with serious mental illness.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Review
- Are there inequities in the assessment or management of pain for people with severe mental illness living with life-threatening diseases? A mixed-methods systematic review.Palliative care and social practice · 2026Review
- Impact of abnormal metabolic-immunoinflammatory pathway on splenomegaly in patients with chronic schizophrenia and exploration of risk factors: case-control study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Development of evidence-informed educational resources for advance care planning with older people with a mental illness.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Facilitators of palliative care provision for people with mental illness: a qualitative analysis from the perspective of mental healthcare staff.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- The perspectives on advance care planning of older people with psychotic illnesses and their carers.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Clinician Perspectives on Palliative Care for Older Adults With Serious Mental Illnesses: A Multisite Qualitative Study.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Why Mental Health Clinicians are Not Engaging in Advance Care Planning with Older People with Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Illnesses.Psychology research and behavior management · 2024Article
- Mapping the ethical aspects in end-of-life care for persons with a severe and persistent mental illness: A scoping review of the literature.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- NDIS Participants with Psychosocial Disabilities and Life-Limiting Diagnoses: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Co-Design of an Evidenced Informed Service Model of Integrated Palliative Care for Persons Living with Severe Mental Illness: A Qualitative Exploratory Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore perceptions, experiences and expectations with respect to palliative care of patients with severe mental illness (SMI) and an incurable, life-limiting chronic illness.
methodsFace-to-face semistructured interviews were conducted with 12 patients (10 of them living in a mental healthcare institution) with severe mental and physical health issues in the Netherlands. A semistructured interview guide was used to elicit perceptions of, experiences with and expectations regarding palliative care. Data were analysed using inductive content analysis.
resultsAnalysis of the data revealed eight categories: perceptions on health and health issues, coping with illness and symptoms, experiences with and wishes for current healthcare, contact with relatives and coresidents, experiences with end of life of relatives and coresidents, willingness to discuss end of life and death, wishes and expectations regarding one's own end of life and practical aspects relating to matters after death. These categories were clustered into two separate themes: current situation and anticipation of end of life. Interviewees with SMI appeared not accustomed to communicate about end-of-life issues, death and dying due to their life-threatening illness. They tended to discuss only their current situation and, after further exploration of the researcher, the terminal phase of life. They seemed not engaged in their future palliative care planning.
conclusionsFindings of this study highlight inadequacies in advance care planning for patients with SMI. Results suggest using values, current and near wishes, and needs as a starting point for establishing a gradual discussion concerning goals and preferences for future medical and mental treatment and care.
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