Housing Toolkit Landing Page and Resource S&PAA

The United States is facing a widespread housing crisis. In many regions, affordable and supportive housing is scarce, leading to unstable living situations and forcing vulnerable populations—particularly those with schizophrenia and psychosis-related disorders —into cycles of substandard living conditions, homelessness, or incarceration.3 of 4 Homelessness has been climbing after years of decline, indicating widening gaps in limited housing supply rather than individual factors alone. An estima...

New Study Reveals Enormous Financial and Emotional Costs Carried by Caregivers of People With Schizophrenia | Psychiatric Times

Informal caregivers of individuals living with schizophrenia shoulder staggering financial, emotional, and personal burdens, according to a newly published study in Psychiatric Research & Clinical Practice. The study, led by the Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance (S&PAA) in partnership with Blue Persimmon Group and Precision AQ, is among the most detailed examinations to date of the hidden costs borne by families.Surveying 200 unpaid caregivers across the United States, researchers found:...