A person with untreated psychosis met criteria for intervention —
yet treatment was delayed, denied, or unavailable. This is not rare — it happens every day.
Join the movement by helping build the record. Submit a documented case here.
1 IN 100
1 in 100 live with schizophrenia.
Untreated psychosis reaches even further.
All 50 States
States with documented gaps in involuntary treatment and crisis intervention laws
$ 281 B Annual Untreated Costs
Estimated annual societal cost of untreated schizophrenia in the United States
Evidence Tags document publicly reported cases of denied, delayed, or unavailable psychiatric care. Each case adds to the public record and helps connect documented system failures to the people and institutions positioned to address them.
LEGISLATORS
The laws standing between families and care were written by people — and they can be rewritten by people. You hold that power. Change the standards that force us to wait until tragedy before anyone can intervene.
MEDIA
The Sandy Pruett Project documents what happens when psychiatric care is denied, delayed, or unavailable. These are not isolated incidents. They are documented case by case, state by state. The stories are real, the sources are public record, and the families are ready to speak. We want to work with you.
SYSTEM INSIDERS
You see the gaps every day — the discharge that comes too soon, the bed that isn't there, the call that goes nowhere. You know where the system breaks. Help us fix it from the inside.
LIVED EXPERIENCE
To those with lived experience — we see you. We support you. You deserve stability, love, and a life free from stigma at every turn. We are proud of you and grateful for your patience as we work to change the minds that need changing. It is a system that looks away — not the illness itself — that made this a crisis.
FAMILY, FRIENDS & ADVOCATES
You are loved, appreciated, and not alone. The stories you share are helping to drive change. This platform exists because of your courage to speak up.
Isn’t it time to quit saying “the system is broken” —
and start to fix it?
Brain damage from prolonged, untreated psychosis is irreversible.
Every preventable death is a policy failure.
The urgency is now.