Blog A Crisis Within a Crisis: What’s Happening to Mental Health Services in America December 2025 After more than three decades working in mental health advocacy, policy development, and…Andrea Schmook
Excerpts Introduction The World Health Organization reports that nearly 1 billion people live with a mental disorder…Andrea Schmook
Blog The Cold Mercy Returns: Why We’re Repeating Our Worst Mental Health Mistakes People started being discharged from psychiatric hospitals in the 1950s, with the advent of Thorazine…Andrea Schmook
Blog The Decade of Abandonment: How the 1950s Set the Stage for Kennedy’s Urgent Mission The deinstitutionalization crisis actually began in the 1950s—a full decade before President Kennedy proposed his…Andrea Schmook
