In the United States, one in five people suffer from mental illness. That is about 57.7 million people every year. Up to two thirds of homeless adults suffer from chronic alcoholism, drug addiction, mental illness or some combination of the three. One fourth of all social security disability payments are for people with mental illness and almost half of Medicaid beneficiaries who have disabilities have a mental illness. In this SMI Care Unit Background Analysis, we take a look at the overall landscape for technology-enabled patient engagement and care collaboration as it relates to mental health.