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Why are we doing this?

ACMI  is a nonprofit organization that was founded by a group of passionate parents whose adult children shared a similar experience with Arizona’s behavioral health system.

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Our Mission

We work with stakeholders to improve care for persons suffering from chronic serious mental illness through cost-effective network enhancements.

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Our Vision

Improve the well-being of Chronic Seriously Mentally Ill population by providing more “Lighthouse-like community living” * and more Contained Treatment Facilities.

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Fast Facts from the Treatment Advocacy Center

2.8 million

approximate number with schizophrenia (1.1% of the population), 40% untreated

5.5 million

approximate number with severe bipolar disorder (2.2% of the population), 51% untreated

8.3 million

adults with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder mental illness (3.3% of the population)

169,000

homeless people with serious mental illness

50%

estimated percentage of individuals with schizophrenia or bipolar who attempt suicide during their lifetimes

29%

estimated percentage of family homicides associated with serious mental illness

3.9 million

approximate number untreated in any given year (1.6% of the population)

383,000

inmates with mental illness in jails and prisons

10%

estimated percentage of homicides involving an offender with serious mental illness

ACMI’s Stakeholder Meeting (ACT Teams) June 6th, 2023, 4-6pm
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ACMI’s Stakeholder Meeting (ACT Teams) June 6th, 2023, 4-6pm

The first Tuesday of each month from 4-6 pm Arizona time, except for holiday weekends, ACMI will have a featured…

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Promoting Healing and Reintegration: The Importance of Secure Facilities for Serious Mental Illness

Secure residential Introduction: Serious mental illnesses can be highly debilitating, affecting individuals' ability to function in society and diminishing their…

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Innovations in Clozapine Therapy

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AN IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER. PLEASE READ.
ACMI often receives email or telephonic communications from individuals living with SMI or these individuals’’ families and friends.
ACMI tries to be helpful through supportive listening and by providing information able possible resources in the community. ACMI does not provide medical advice, including advice regarding diagnosis or treatment. ACMI does not give legal advice, including interpretation of the law or regulations. We are not a referral agency for specific providers, although we may be able to provide contact information for various agencies and programs both private and governmental.
FOR ANY EMERGENCY, ALWAYS CALL "911"

ASU Study

Arizona State University Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions and its Morrison Institute for Public Policy proposes a new approach to describing the costs associated with chronic mental illness. Rather than a top-down analysis that estimates the overall cost of CMI across the state, this analysis will utilize a bottom-up approach that will examine the costs associated with the individuals with a CMI as they move through Arizona's criminal, public benefit, and physical and behavioral health systems. This approach lends itself to a highly-graphic system map and/or flow charts that could be enhanced with animation for use in PowerPoint display.
For this study's purposes, chronic mental illness will be defined as a subset of the population with serious mental illness that is unable to settle into a stable living arrangement. The symptoms and behaviors exhibited by people with CMI make it difficult for them to remain either in an independent household or group housing for an extended period. This instability leads to the frequent use of high-cost services from various medical, behavioral, and criminal justice resources.
The total costs of CMI are challenging to calculate because they are spread over an extensive network of services, and the nature of CMI means that these services are repeatedly accessed. Recognizing that each individual will process through this system in a slightly different matter, we will take a bottom-up approach to estimate these costs, focusing on the values of an individual at each node of the system.


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