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Deputy Executive Director of Advocacy

Jonathan Stanley is assistant director of the Treatment Advocacy Center, a national nonprofit organization organization dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illnesses. TAC promotes laws, policies, and practices for the delivery of psychiatric care and supports the development of innovative treatments for and research into the causes of severe and persistent psychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Since the onset of his bipolar disorder, Jonathan has graduated from Williams College in Massachusetts, Quinnippiac College School of Law in Connecticut and been a practicing attorney.

Read Jonathan's story in "An Advocate Uses His Troubled Past to Defend New Legislation for the Mentally Ill."

In 2005, Jonathan Stanley was honored with the Anchor Achievement Award for Leadership and Excellence in Mental Health Advocacy. This award is presented annually to an individual or an organization whose leadership, commitment to, and promotion of mental health issues has enhanced the lives and opportunities for all people diagnosed with a mental illness.

MEMBERS OF THE PRESS Contact the Treatment Advocacy Center for more information on interviewing Mr. Stanley.

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