---The whole process described above is what NAMI considers “criminalization of the mentally ill”

There are two flaws in the above language: Mental illnesses are not criminalized. (Or 20% of Americans would be.)Though it has become a popular phrase, it is patently false. 

"The" mentally ill ha also become a popular phrase, and is a false as "the" Blacks, once equally popular. It s wise to avoid employing it.