News and Commentary from the

Treatment Advocacy Center

June 2022

Below is a summary of recent developments and compelling news stories from across the country highlighting America's broken mental health treatment system and how to fix it.

Treatment Advocacy Center in the News

Executive Director Lisa Dailey was quoted in Mother Jones explaining the positive impact of the 21st Century Cures Act. “It’s addressing many years of kind of business-as-usual that wasn’t working very well. A lot of the things that were addressed might not be very easily visible, but they were things that needed to be addressed.” Read more here.

Treatment Advocacy Center's research on fatal law enforcement encounters with people with SMI was cited in a NBC News article about the success of using behavioral specialists to respond to mental health crisis calls in Denver, Colo. Read more here.

Treatment Advocacy Center's research on fatal law enforcement encounters with people with SMI was cited in a Miami Herald article about the Freedom House Mobile Crisis program in Miami, Fla. using behavioral specialists to respond to mental health crisis calls. Read more here.

Stanford Spring Policy Forum: Homelessness in California

Executive Director Lisa Dailey spoke at the 2022 Spring Policy Forum about Homelessness in California hosted by the Stanford University Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR).

The event’s purpose was to bring together a diverse group of people on the front lines of the homelessness crisis who often work in silos. The Policy Forum brought together nearly 200 advocates, state and local government officials, academics, business executives and nonprofit leaders to discuss California’s homelessness crisis and the policy approaches intended to correct it.

The daylong conferences was part of SIEPR’s California Policy Research Initiative which aims to address the challenges facing California by providing policy-relevant research and fostering connections between scholars and policymakers.

Visit here to learn more about this year's SIEPR Spring Policy Forum on Homelessness in California.

RESEARCH WEEKLY: June 2022 Recap

DATAPOINT of the month

June represents Pride Month, a significant time to recognize and celebrate the impact that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals have had on history in the United States. According to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), as of 2019, there were roughly 2.6 million lesbian, gay, or bisexual people with serious mental illness, up from 1.4 million in 2016. Of the 2.6 million LGB individuals with serious mental illness, 31.8% did not receive treatment in 2019.

More updated research on LGB and serious mental illness is necessary to fill in gaps of knowledge. There is a need for research to shed light on why the rate of serious mental illness is increasing for this group and how to alleviate disparities in treatment access and equity.

Find all of this month's research highlights here.

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