St. Luke’s Charitable Health Trust has sponsored a strengths-based assessment of the public behavioral health system in Arizona to better understand Arizona’s public mental health care system and to recommend changes that would further improve services for people with mental illness. The study is one of the first steps of a Trust initiated five- to 10-year effort to improve the system of care in Arizona for persons suffering from mental illness or significant behavioral problems. St. Luke’s Charitable Health Trust initiated the study in an effort to create a more enlightened public climate that would be receptive to appropriate treatment that ensures dignity and self-respect.