Incidents involving mental illness are creating public and police safety issues, senior law enforcement officials say in a survey authored by Chief of Police Michael Biasotti and released Dec. 19 by the Treatment Advocacy Center. Read what more than 2,400 senior law enforcement officers say in "The Impact of Mental Illness on Law Enforcement Resources" on our Reports/Studies/Backgrounders page.
RESEARCH Updates
See our new video, ANOSOGNOSIA, and learn more about the leading reason people with severe mental illness don’t adhere to treatment and medications.
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POLICY initiatives
For insight into why assisted outpatient treatment saves lives and families, read the editorial and all four articles about Laura's Law in the San Francisco Chronicle's "Insight" section.
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Individuals and Families SPEAK
Six years ago, I could never have predicted how much my mother, brother and I could lose.
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RESEARCH Updates
The federal Office of Justice Programs has determined that assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) is an “effective” and evidence-based practice for reducing crime and violence
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