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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.

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10 Ways Women with SMI Are Overrepresented and Underserved

Compared with men with the same psychiatric diseases and with women in the general population, women with conditions such…

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5 Tips for Helping Individuals Living with Severe Mental Illness to Receive the COVID-19 Vaccine

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A Crisis in Search of Data: The Revolving Door of Serious Mental Illness in Super Utilization

Individuals with serious mental illness are well known to be grossly overrepresented in the nation’s criminal justice and social…

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A Promising Start: Results from a California Survey Assessing the Use of Laura’s Law

This report shows the much improved outcomes of people with severe mental illness who are identified and targeted through…

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Anosognosia

When someone with severe mental illness refuses to accept treatment and insists that there is nothing wrong with them,…

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Antipsychotic Medications and the Brain

Changes in brain structure are caused both by the disease process of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and by the…

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Assisted Outpatient Treatment: Improving Outcomes and Saving Money

Assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) is a tool in the toolbox for civil courts and mental health systems to work…

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Beyond Beds: The Vital Role of a Full Continuum of Psychiatric Care

Beyond Beds is a joint report with the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors and represents the…

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Bipolar Disorder Fact Sheet

(April 2025) Bipolar disorder is a psychiatric disease that may also be called manic-depressive illness or manic depression. It causes…

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