Serious mental illnesses are associated with reduced educational attainment (Kessler, Foster, Saunders, & Stang, 1995), in part due to their early age of onset and the gradual development of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia (Goulding, Chien, & Compton, 2010), which are often preceded by a decline in school performance (van Oel et al., 2002). The majority of young people with severe ment...