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The Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) is a U.S. nonprofit organization based in Arlington, Virginia, USA. The organization, founded by psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey, identifies its mission as ″dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness″ ^[1]. The organization is most well-known for proposed laws, policies, and practices in the areas of legally compelled outpatient services for people diagnosed with mental illness (also known as assisted outpatient treatment, AOT ^[2]. The organization identifies its other key issues as "anosognosia, consequences of non-treatment, criminalization of mental illness, psychiatric bed shortages, public service costs, violence and mental illness" ^[3]. TAC has been subject to criticism by mental health advocates to be promoting coercion and forced treatment.

History

E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. founded the Treatment Advocacy Center in 1998 as an offshoot of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Torrey had worked as a psychiatrist at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a public psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. Torrey received financial support from Theodore and Vada Stanley, founders of the Stanley Medical Research Institute, to found the Treatment Advocacy Center, which separated from NAMI shortly after its founding to focus entirely on promoting efforts around legally mandated treatment. The organization operates with the support of the affiliated Stanley Medical Research Institute, a non-profit organization which provides funding for research into bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in the United States. Torrey is a member of the Treatment Advocacy Center's board and is executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute.

Activities

The Treatment Advocacy Center activities and projects include:

Development of a Model Law for Assisted Treatment (also called involuntary treatment). Released in 2000, the Model Law suggests a legal framework for authorizing court-ordered treatment of individuals with untreated severe mental illness who meet certain legal criteria around dangerousness to self or others or inability to care for oneself due to a mental illness.
Advocacy for laws and policies to decrease the arrest, incarceration, homelessness, hospitalization, and violence that can occur when someone has untreated mental illness.
Research and study into public policy and other issues related specific to severe mental illness.
Education of policymakers and judges regarding severe mental illnesses and treatment availability.
Support for the development of new treatments for and research into the causes of severe and persistent psychiatric illnesses.

Controversy

References

^ "Treatment Advocacy Center". Retrieved 14 April 2019.
^ Publications, Harvard Health. "Involuntary outpatient commitment - Harvard Health". Harvard Health. Retrieved 2017-08-13.
^ Template:Cite web url=https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues

External links

Treatment Advocacy Center Online
TACReports.org [1]

[1] "Treatment Advocacy Center". Retrieved 14 April 2019.

[2] Publications, Harvard Health. "Involuntary outpatient commitment - Harvard Health". Harvard Health. Retrieved 2017-08-13.

[3] Template:Cite web url=https://www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org/key-issues

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 ==History==
-[[E. Fuller Torrey]], M.D. founded the Treatment Advocacy Center in 1998 as an offshoot of the [[National Alliance on Mental Illness]] (NAMI). Torrey had worked as a psychiatrist at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a public psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. Torrey received financial support from entrepreneur Theodore Stanley and his wife Vada to found the Treatment Advocacy Center, which separated from NAMI shortly after its founding to focus entirely on promoting efforts around legally mandated treatment. The organization operates with the support of the affiliated Stanley Medical Research Institute, a non-profit organization which provides funding for research into bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in the United States. Torrey is a member of the Treatment Advocacy Center's board and is executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute.
+[[E. Fuller Torrey]], M.D. founded the Treatment Advocacy Center in 1998 as an offshoot of the [[National Alliance on Mental Illness]] (NAMI). Torrey had worked as a psychiatrist at St. Elizabeth's Hospital, a public psychiatric hospital in Washington, D.C. Torrey received financial support from Theodore and Vada Stanley, founders of the Stanley Medical Research Institute, to found the Treatment Advocacy Center, which separated from NAMI shortly after its founding to focus entirely on promoting efforts around legally mandated treatment. The organization operates with the support of the affiliated Stanley Medical Research Institute, a non-profit organization which provides funding for research into bipolar disorder and schizophrenia in the United States. Torrey is a member of the Treatment Advocacy Center's board and is executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute.
 ==Activities==