Iran Medical Council Journal of Iranian Medical Council 2645-338X 5 2 2022 04 01 Rehabilitation Challenges of Outpatients with Severe Mental Illness in Iran Amid the COVID-19 Outbreak 346 348 156199 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jimc.v5i2.10475 EN Pardis Shekari Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Shabnam Asadi Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0001-6786-4514 Mohammadreza Shalbafan Mental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute (PHRI), Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-4536-3441 Journal Article 2021 12 05 Dear Editor<br />Chronic psychiatric disorders, not only causes symptoms and psychological problems in patients but it also causes significant limitations and disabilities in the individual and social functioning of these people (1).<br />The main goal of psychosocial rehabilitation is to help patients with chronic psychiatric disorders for the most use of their potential. After replacing community-based services with clinical and hospital services in mental health systems, Rehabilitation Day Centers played a very important role in rehabilitating people with chronic psychiatric disorders and bridging the gap between public and social health services (2).<br />“ABR Rehabilitation Day Center” is one of the few centers in Iran that has covered patients with chronic psychiatric disorders since 2017. During its four years of continuous activity, according to the reports of physicians and clients’ families, this center has been able to reduce a great extent of the recurrence rate of the disease and increase the participation and independence of clients in daily individual and social activities. https://www.jimc.ir/article_156199_65f8bfa02a3b701bbf8bf9ff62d7e265.pdf