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Ending the Criminalization of People With Serious Mental Illness

JAMA Health Forum 10.1001/jamahealthforum.2025.6147

November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM EST

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This JAMA Forum discusses what the data show regarding individuals with serious mental illness, current and potential interventions, and ways to end the criminalization of mental illness in the US.

Corresponding Author: Ruth S. Shim, MD, MPH, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California–Davis, 2230 Stockton Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95817 (rshim@health.ucdavis.edu).

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