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About bipolar disorder (manic-depressive illness)

About schizophrenia

Anosognosia (impaired awareness of illness): A major problem for individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Anosognosia as a cause of violent behavior in individuals with severe psychiatric disorders

Assisted outpatient treatment (AOT)

Assisted outpatient treatment: Myth vs. reality

Biography: Board of Directors

Biography: Dr. E. Fuller Torrey

Cognitive impairment: A major problem for individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

Consequences of Non-treatment

Consumers’ perceptions of assisted treatment

Do antipsychotic drugs change brain structure?

Homelessness: One of the consequences of failing to treat individuals with severe psychiatric disorders

Jails and Prisons 

Kendra’s Law: Results from New York’s first ten years with assisted outpatient treatment

Key Changes to New York’s Kendra’s Law

Law enforcement and people with severe mental illnesses

Medicaid discrimination against people with severe mental illnesses

Modernizing Maine’s Civil Commitment Law

Options for assisted treatment  

Repeal of the Institution for Mental Diseases Exclusion

Schizophrenia and manic-depressive disorder are diseases of the brain

Stigma and violence

Suicide: One of the consequences of failing to treat individuals with severe psychiatric disorders

The effects of involuntary medication on individuals with schizophrenia and manic-depressive illness

Victimization: One of the consequences of failing to treat individuals with severe psychiatric disorders

Violent behavior: One of the consequences of failing to treat individuals with severe psychiatric disorders

What is wrong with the brain in schizophrenia?

What percentage of individuals with severe psychiatric disorders are receiving no treatment?

Why individuals with severe psychiatric disorders often do not take their medications