# The SMI

By [Notes on Sanity](https://paragraph.com/@notes-on-sanity) · 2022-06-25

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What constitutes the “Serious Mental Illnesses”, or SMI

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Thus, SMI includes any schizophrenia-spectrum disorders, the subset of bipolar disorder classified as “severe”, and the subset of major depressive disorder classified as “severe”.

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