American psychiatry and the public mental health system must work to correct policy mistakes of the ...

“The criminalization of mental illness is a national tragedy,” APA President Renée Binder, M.D., tol...

The American Psychiatric Foundation (APF) joined the National Association of Counties and the Counci...

"Something is wrong when we use the criminal justice system as a mental health system,” said Sen. Al...

Ten times more individuals with serious mental illness are residing in state prisons and county jail...

Almost 1 in 3 incarcerated women meet criteria for past-year serious mental illness, and almost half...