Our mission is to improve health policy, health care, and quality of life for people with psychiatric and neurologic disorders. Integrating expertise from the fields of medicine, public health, public policy and social science, we focus on issues pertaining to the delivery and quality of treatment, health care policy and quality of life. Through our research, the dissemination of our findings, and in collaboration with community and academic groups, we strive to increase public awareness, inform policy decisions, and provide information and tools for the public, health care practitioners, and policymakers to use to obtain and create better health care and better health outcomes.