Anosognosia - Treatment Advocacy Center (2024)

RESEARCH WEEKLY: Black Sexual Minorities More Likely to Delay or Avoid Professional Mental Healthcare

by Hope Parker (February 7, 2024) Black individuals who are a part of the LGBTQ+ community report higher levels of psychological distress than the general population. These higher levels of […]

February 02, 2024

RESEARCH WEEKLY: Deaths from Suicide in 2022: A Summary of Trends and Policy Implications

by Jennifer M. Reingle Gonzalez, PhD, Rebecca Marcolina, MPH, Research, Data, & Analytics Team, and John Snook, JD, Chief Policy Officer, Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute In this guest post, […]

February 02, 2024

RESEARCH WEEKLY: Virginia State Hospital System’s Challenges

By Shanti Silver (January 17, 2023) In December 2023, the Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission staff released a report on Virginia’s nine state hospitals, including recommendations for the […]

January 01, 2024

RESEARCH WEEKLY: Racial disparities in psychiatric building assignment

By Hope Parker (January 3, 2024) A new year brings new opportunities to advocate for effective, evidence-based care for people with severe mental illness. This January, Research Weekly will highlight […]

January 01, 2024

RESEARCH WEEKLY:Extreme heat and severe mental illness

(November 8, 2023) The summer of 2023 was consideredthe summer of extreme heat in America, with temperatures reaching the triple digits in many states across the United States. In early […]

November 11, 2023

RESEARCHWEEKLY: Life expectancy in bipolar disorder

By Shanti Silver (November 1, 2023) Bipolar disorder is a mental illness characterized by alternating periods of depression and mania or hypomania. The disorder is estimated to impact more than […]

November 11, 2023

Research Weekly: October Research Roundup for Halloween

By Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq ResearchRoundup is a monthly public service of the Office ofResearchand Public Affairs. Each edition describes a striking new data point about severe mental illness (SMI) and […]

October 10, 2023

RESEARCH WEEKLY: Experiences of Black adults in a locked emergency psychiatric unit

By Hope Parker (October 16, 2023)Blackadultshave greater barriers to accessing psychiatric care, such as a higher prevalence of intergenerational poverty and underinsurance, than their white counterparts. However,Blackadultssimultaneously remain overrepresented in […]

October 10, 2023

RESEARCH WEEKLY: Grandiose delusions and treatment engagement

By Elizabeth Sinclair Hancq (October 11, 2023) Grandiose delusions are false impressions of one’s own importance and can present in different ways. For example, an individual experiencing grandiose delusions may […]

October 10, 2023

RESEARCH WEEKLY: Increasing use of psychiatric advanced directives among people with SMI

By Shanti Silver (October 4, 2023) A psychiatric advanced directive (PAD) is a way for people with severe mental illness to document their preferences for treatment in advance of an […]

October 10, 2023

RESEARCH WEEKLY: September Research Roundup, Hispanic Heritage Month

This month’s roundup is in honor of Hispanic and Latino Heritage Month and highlights the experiences of Latino people whose lives are impacted by severe mental illness.This month’s roundup is […]

September 09, 2023

RESEARCH WEEKLY: The challenges of parenting with SMI

By Shanti Silver (September 20, 2023) Approximately4% of parents in the United States live with a serious mental illness. While there has been a growing awareness of the unique challenges […]

September 09, 2023