Healing Isn't Just Personal
It's social
It's collective
It's possible
Trauma, poverty, discrimination, and isolation all affect psychosis and mental health—yet most treatment ignores these realities. Healing isn’t just about individuals—it’s about communities, access, and systems.
ISPS-US advocates for:
- Access to diverse therapeutic approaches for psychosis—therapies, crisis alternatives, peer support, etc.
- Mental health care that addresses social determinants—housing, poverty, and discrimination matter
- Ending coercion in treatment—people deserve choice, not forced interventions
- Building community spaces—healing happens in relationships, not just institutions
You can be part of the movement for mental health system change
Join our members list to keep informed of our advocacy actions and educational opportunities designed to move the needle for broader mental health and societal systems change
Our Advocacy Work
ISPS-US holds regular webinars, addressing the links between psychosis, "serious mental illness," and social issues. Topics include homelessness, involuntary commitment, race, and gender. We aim to deeply engage in dialogue, lift up the voices of people with lived experience, and highlight critical advocacy work being done to improve systems across the US.
View our upcoming webinars.
Latest Advocacy News
The American Psychological Association (APA) has released a draft position statement on seclusion and restraint and is inviting public comment through October 23, 2025 (11:59pm EST).
We want to highlight a powerful new initiative, Abolish Forced Psychiatry, which brings together the voices of activists, psychiatric survivors, professionals, and family members to call for the abolition of involuntary psychiatric and psychological interventions, including forced hospitalization and medication, and for the establishment of voluntary, community-rooted supports. It demands an end to the discrimination, criminalization, and carceral responses so often faced by people in distress, while calling us to recognize and address the social roots of suffering.
ISPS-US strongly opposes efforts to expand forced psychiatric commitment under the guise of public safety. Decades of research have shown that approaches like Housing First, voluntary community-based services, and peer support - not coercion or confinement - are what actually work. We believe in evidence-based solutions that uphold dignity, autonomy, and human rights.
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Ready to Take Action with Us?
Keep up to date with ISPS-US's work and our Calls for Action by joining our mailing list. Be part of a movement of change-makers dedicated to reshaping systems towards a future where people diagnosed with psychosis are provided structural and social supports that promote full community participation and flourishing.
