SMI

People with serious mental illness (SMI) are one of society’s most vulnerable populations. Yet instead of compassion and care, people with SMI are met with indifference and discrimination. As a result, they are left homeless, jailed, and—as family members and clinicians know—subject to danger, physical illness, and suffering. An estimated 4.6% of the population has …

People With Mental Illness Deserve Treatment, Not Jail and Homelessness by Sandra J. Nosek RN, BSN Read More »