By Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq (February 8, 2023) Seclusion and restraint are invasive practices used in clinical settings to control and de-escalate patients experiencing extreme agitated behaviors. Once used routinely in […]
08 February 2023By Shanti Silver By Shanti Silver (February 1, 2023). Studies of racial differences in health care have repeatedly found that Black Americans have decreased access to mental health services compared […]
01 February 2023By Shanti Silver (January 25, 2023) Today, the Office of Research and Public Affairs released our newest report, “Measuring Experiences: An Evaluation of AOT Participant Satisfaction . ” This report presents the results of […]
25 January 2023By Hope Parker (January 18, 2023) There is significant variation among policy definitions of serious mental illness in the United States, according to new research, which indicates that researchers, policymakers […]
18 January 2023By Shanti Silver (January 4, 2023) A new year brings new opportunities to advocate for effective and evidence-based treatment for people with severe mental illness. A recent review of the […]
04 January 2023By Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq (December 28, 2022) Reflecting on 2022, the Office of Research and Public Affairs has put together our list of the top 5 research articles and reports […]
28 December 2022
(December 21, 2022) Food insecurity refers to the condition in which access to nutritional food is limited or uncertain. According to the U.S Department of Agriculture, in 2019, 13.7 million […]
21 December 2022 (December 14, 2022) Helping people to recover from mental illness is a key component of modern mental health policy. Discussions of recovery often focus on clinical recovery, which is defined […]
14 December 2022 (December 7, 2022) People with severe mental illness suffer from chronic health conditions at a higher rate than the general population. While these health conditions can decrease both the quality […]
07 December 2022 (November 30, 2022) Research Roundup is a monthly public service of the Office of Research and Public Affairs. Each edition describes a striking new data point about severe mental illness […]
30 November 2022 (November 23, 2022) November is Family Caregivers Month, a time to honor family caregivers who provide support for their loved ones with disabilities. As readers of this blog know, providing […]
23 November 2022 (November 16, 2022) In early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic upended day-to-day life and caused widespread anxiety, elevated mortality, and economic insecurity for millions of Americans. Compared to the general population, […]
16 November 2022 (November 9, 2022) On October 28, 2022, the Brain and Behavior Research Foundation held their annual research symposium, spotlighting advances in mental illness research in the past year. The Brain and […]
09 November 2022 (November 2, 2022) People with mental illness, especially those with serious mental illness, tend to be overrepresented in the U.S. prison population. This is largely due to the overcriminalization and […]
02 November 2022 (October 26, 2022) Research Roundup is a monthly public service of the Office of Research and Public Affairs. Each edition describes a striking new data point about severe mental illness […]
26 October 2022
