People with mental illness do tend to spend time in institutions during their lifetimes; not only hospitals, but also jails and prisons. Most stay for relatively brief periods.
People with SPMI also live independently, in supported housing, or in the community with family members. Between 40 to 80 percent live with family, depending on the sub-group. People with SPMI who are from sub-groups that have traditionally cared for their ill and elderly at home, such as African-Americans, tend to live with family at higher rates.
Founded in January 2009, the Center for Excellence in Community Mental Health is part of the Department of Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Addressing quality of care and workforce development issues in North Carolina's mental health system, the Center and its clinical programs are supported by a three-year grant from The Duke Endowment, as well as Cross Area Services Program (CASP)
funds. The program operates in conjunction with multiple university, state, and community-based partners.
© 2010 UNC CMH
Website development by Communication Matters