The AOT evaluator is a key member of the AOT team who can help to determine AOT’s impact on participants, ensure the program’s sustainability, and optimize service delivery for AOT […]
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Serious Mental Illness and Homelessness
People with serious mental illness (SMI) are more likely than the general population to experience homelessness and be victimized by others, become involved with the criminal legal system, experience health […]
The Overrepresentation of Black Americans in AOT
In the United States, Black people with SMI have been found to be more likely to receive coercive mental health treatments including involuntary hospitalizations, the use of physical restraints, the […]
Our Stories Matter: Experiences with the State Hospital System
The number of state hospital beds in the United States has recently reached a historic low. This shortage of beds has tangible impacts on the lives and well-being of people […]
Critical Gaps in AOT Research in the United States
In this paper, which was published in Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, Treatment Advocacy Center and researchers from Northeast Ohio Medical University partner to […]
Victimization and Serious Mental Illness
People diagnosed with severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia are more likely than the general population to be victims of crime. Victimization of people with SMI often takes the form of […]
Overview of State Hospital Systems across the States, 2023: A Prevention Over Punishment Supplement
This PDF is a supplement to our 2024 report, “Prevention Over Punishment: Finding the Right Balance of Civil and Forensic State Psychiatric Hospital Beds”, offering more detailed information about the state-hospital system across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. To find information about your state, please search for the name of your state within the PDF document. For a more comprehensive understanding of the role that state hospitals play in the national continuum of care, as well as details on methodology and data sources, we recommend reading the complete report.
Prevention Over Punishment: Finding the Right Balance of Civil and Forensic State Psychiatric Hospital Beds
The number of state psychiatric hospital beds for adults with severe mental illness has continued to decline to a historic low of 36,150, or 10.8 per 100,000 population in 2023, […]
Duration of Untreated Psychosis
The average duration of untreated psychosis is 74 weeks in the U.S. This long period of untreated psychosis has many negative effects, including the following: Treatment response worsens Insight is […]
Anosognosia
When someone with severe mental illness refuses to accept treatment and insists that there is nothing wrong with them, it can be frustrating to caregivers and treatment providers who just […]
Disparidades raciales en personas con enfermedad mental grave y trastornos de consumo de sustancias
Una de cada cuatro personas con enfermedad mental grave también sufre de trastorno de consumo de sustancias. Millones más luchan contra el uso indebido de una o más sustancias, sin […]
Measuring Experiences: An Evaluation of AOT Participant Satisfaction
Assisted outpatient treatment is a community outpatient treatment program for people with severe mental illness who have a history of difficulty with treatment engagement. Under a court order, an individual […]
Serious Mental Illness: By the Numbers
TAC addresses the crisis of the 8.8 million people who suffer from severe mental illness and who are too often abandoned by our nation’s mental health system. Our work helps […]
Our Impact: By the Numbers
Treatment Advocacy Center addresses the crisis of the 8.8 million people who suffer from severe mental illness and who are too often abandoned by our nation’s mental health system. Our […]
Listen to Us: The Unique Experience of Women with Severe Mental Illness
Women with severe mental illness face unique experiences and obstacles compared with men with severe mental illness and other women without schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or major depression. Severe mental illness […]