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Now online! The latest issue of our newsletter focusing on 15 years of advocating for those with serious mental illness.
Read more »Americans with severe mental illnesses are three times more likely to be imprisoned vs. hospitalized, according to a study by The Treatment Advocacy Center and the National Sheriffs Association. Find out where your state ranks in criminalizing mental illness.
Find your state: 50-state table.
Read the study: "More Mentally Ill Persons are in Jails and Prisons than Hospitals: A Survey of the States"
(June 18, 2013) Paul Flannery and his family suffered as he “ran out of food in his refrigerator, yelled at people in the ...
(June 17, 2013) Outpatient treatment of mental illness reduces arrest rates and saves money was the conclusion of a study from researchers at ...
(June 14, 2013) I don’t know about other parents, but when my daughter is in psychiatric crisis, my brain turns to mush.
It doesn’t ...
(June 13, 2013) We can all agree that individuals with serious mental illnesses do not belong in jails or prisons. The reality, however, ...
(June 12, 2013) Dr. Dean Brooks – the man author Pete Earley calls “the Dorothea Dix of the 21st century” –...
