Office of Research and Public Affairs (ORPA)
Reports and Publications
We produce groundbreaking, original policy and health services research focused on SMI. Topics include the declining availability of psychiatric beds, the criminalization of SMI, and more.
In this paper, which was published in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, Treatment…
- TAC Report
People diagnosed with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia are more likely than the general population to be victims of…
- Research Summary
Like any other chronic medical condition, people with severe mental illness experience symptoms that vary in severity over time….
This PDF is a supplement to our 2024 report, “Prevention Over Punishment: Finding the Right Balance of Civil and…
- Fact Sheet
The number of state psychiatric hospital beds for adults with severe mental illness has continued to decline to a…
- TAC Report
When someone with severe mental illness refuses to accept treatment and insists that there is nothing wrong with them,…
- Research Summary
The average duration of untreated psychosis is 74 weeks in the U.S. This long period of untreated psychosis has…
- Research Summary
Una de cada cuatro personas con enfermedad mental grave también sufre de trastorno de consumo de sustancias. Millones más…
- Fact Sheet
Treatment Advocacy Center addresses the crisis of the 8.8 million people who suffer from severe mental illness and who…
- Fact Sheet