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Home : Knowledge Center : Special Report: Responding to Mental Illness in America

Special Report: Responding to Mental Illness in America

Featured articles include:

• A Worthy Diversion
  Sasha Abramsky
  Pennsylvania has developed a model program to keep offenders with mental illness out of the criminal-justice system.

• Finding Funding
  Pete Earley
  States should link mental-health funding to dedicated revenue sources independent of the political whims of legislators. Here are some creative examples.

• Follow the Money
  Art Levine
  How shortsighted funding and reimbursement warps mental-health care in America

• Programs That Work
  Kate Sheppard
  Clubhouses and ACT are proven successes. So why aren't they better known or funded?
• What's Needed Next
  Richard G. Frank and Sherry A. Glied
  An Office of National Mental Health Policy would be an important step toward completing the transformation in the care and support for people with mental illnesses.