The STARR Coalition
Mental Health CareArkansas, United States2-10 Employees
The STARR Coalition is a nonprofit organization based in Little Rock, Arkansas, focused on advancing mental health clinical research, advocacy, and treatment. It seeks to improve the care ecosystem by enhancing communication, partnerships, and goodwill among stakeholders, with emphasis on community engagement, reducing stigma, and promoting research as a trusted care option. The group aims to bring together leaders in research, advocacy, and treatment to build a more collaborative mental health care system and to expand recognition of research as a legitimate component of healthcare. Targeting patients, advocacy groups, clinicians, researchers, policymakers, and other stakeholders, the organization addresses stigma surrounding mental health and its research, working through education and dialogue. Notable recent developments include partnerships and the expansion of its research network, such as the addition of new certified research sites, reflecting ongoing efforts to broaden ethical, patient-centered mental health research in the United States.