OUR VISION
Our vision is a Connecticut where everyone understands that severe mental illness is a medical condition, and where people living with it have access to equitable, compassionate, evidence-based care. We envision a community where people get help early, before crisis, and where early intervention reduces the risk of hospitalization, homelessness, incarceration, and worsening symptoms.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to support and educate families, inform the community and policymakers, and advocate for assisted outpatient treatment (AOT) as a carefully applied option for people living with severe mental illness.
SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS & ANOSOGNOSIA
Anosognosia, also called “lack of insight,” is a symptom of severe mental illness that affects and impairs one’s ability to recognize their own illness. Affected individuals may be unaware that they are ill.
Anosognosia is the single largest reason people with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder do not take their medications or seek treatment. If a person genuinely believes they are not sick, refusing treatment is understandable to them, no matter how clear the need is to others.