What clinicians may share—and when families can share information.
Plain-language pull-quotes of the rules: Section 164.510(b)(3) lets clinicians disclose necessary info to prevent or lessen serious threats; professional judgment governs; and clinicians may receive family-provided history to inform care—so everyone works from the same facts.
Understand your rights to share information and protect loved ones in crisis.
This guide explains how HIPAA laws allow families to provide and receive critical information in situations of imminent danger. Includes legal references, action steps, and a clear decision-making tree for navigating mental health crises.
Why partnering with families improves outcomes.
Pulls together leading guidance (NAMI, WPA, NIH/NCBI, WHO) showing that collaborative care with families reduces relapse and hospitalizations and strengthens recovery—plus concise quotes you can share with clinicians to invite partnership.
What the latest data says—and what it misses.
This brief highlights HUD’s 2024 AHAR findings (18% increase; ~770,000 people), then surfaces overlooked drivers—serious mental illness, foster-care history, incarceration, and co-occurring disorders—and argues for solutions that elevate mental-health recovery, engage families, and replace jail with appropriate hospital care.
A powerful call to reform mental health care from the family perspective.
This document outlines 19 heartfelt, actionable requests from families advocating for compassionate, family-centered, and effective mental health care—emphasizing the need for parity, respect, and system-wide change.
Practical guidance for the first weeks and months after diagnosis.
A compassionate checklist for families: recovery is a marathon; build a care team early; understand anosognosia; use releases/PADs; when HIPAA allows disclosure to prevent harm; where to find treatment; ask for CIT officers; and why family education (NAMI/CBT) and self-care matter.
Curated titles to inform, steady, and empower families.
A living list spanning mental-health science and recovery (e.g., Amador, Insel, Turkington), homelessness and systems change (Desmond, Adler), feminism and advocacy, economics and inequality, plus inspiration and healing—so families can choose evidence-based guidance and hopeful perspectives.