Severe, Long-Term Mental Illness: What Does it Take to Live Well?

• By: Michael B. Friedman, LMSW Columbia University School of Social Work
• July 19th, 2023
• community support, mental health policy, serious mental illness, Summer 2023 Issue, treatment
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Typical images of people with severe, long-term mental illnesses are misleading. We think not of people who, despite mental illness, have lives that they find satisfying and meaningful but of homeless people dressed in rags pushing shopping carts with all their belongings and sleeping on heating...