Schizophrenia & Psychosis Acti

Awareness, Education, and Access:The Organization builds awareness of and educates about schizophrenia, psychosis and related disorders through extensive website resources, initiatives, social media outreach and participation in media interviews,webinars,and public programs. The Organization promotes medical professionals training and career development through digital education partnerships that offer continued education as well as attending and presenting at health education conferences.Additionally, The Organization provides administrative support, materials, and oversight for two differentsupport groups:1. Schizophrenia Alliance self-help/peer support groups, which are run by and for people diagnosed withpsychiatric brain disorders that include psychosis.2. Families for Care which is a peer support group for families of those with schizophrenia orschizophrenia-related brain illnesses.

Research:The Organization funds research such as:1. Seeking new disease biomarkers and other early disease indicators that could improve diagnosis andtreatment.2. Quantifying the societal costs of schizophrenia and related disorders, underscoring the countrysdevastating failure to provide appropriate medical care for people living with schizophrenia and theurgent need for policy changes to promote comprehensive solutions.3. Surveying caregivers of adults with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder to spotlight the diseasesnegative impact on finances, career, and family lives.

Policy & System-Level Change:The Organization backs federal, state, and local policies with the best chances to save lives, advocate forpatients rights to life-sustaining treatments/services and medical professionals ability to provide suchtreatments without judicial oversight. The Organization empowers community members to join movementsagainst discrimination of people with schizophrenia and psychosis disorders, including meetings with Congressmembers and by hosting capitol hill briefings.The Organization also promotes public awareness of anosognosia as a neurological condition; advancesinitiatives such as petitioning the World Health Organization to update its International Classification ofDiseases by accurately classifying anosognosia as a highly prevalent neurological condition to make it easier forpatients with anosognosia to receive proper care.