GPs provide care to a large number of patients with mental health problems, and regularly perform mental health reviews. This article aims to highlight the need for a comprehensive review of patients diagnosed with severe mental illness and introduces a template to help complete the mental health review. The article focuses on the mental health review of patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia (and other psychotic disorders), bipolar affective disorder and severe depression.
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