PRESS KIT
American Psychiatric Association's 2006 Convention
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TAC PRESENTS ISSUES WORKSHOP
Assisted Outpatient Treatment and Its Role in the Fabric of the Mental Health System
Chairperson: Daniel Garza, M.D., Presenter: Constantine Ioannou, M.D.,
Presenter: Mary Zdanowicz, J.D.
Control Number: 1445
Session Start Time: 5/24/2006 9:00 AM
Session End Time: 5/24/2006 10:30 AM
Location: Toronto Convention Centre, South Level 700, Room 709
FROM APA: Toronto City Map |
TAC WINS AWARD
"One of the great tragedies of modern psychiatry is the large number of individuals with mental illnesses who are incarcerated or homeless," said APA President Steve Sharfstein, M.D. "This is the inevitable consequence of our reluctance to use caring, coercive approaches, such as assisted outpatient treatment. The Treatment Advocacy Center has been the catalyst for many positive changes in our laws and a shift in our perception of the importance of intervention. Their unique advocacy is restoring the important balance between individual freedom and caring coercion."
The Treatment Advocacy Center has won the American Psychiatric Association's Presidential Commendation for "sustained extraordinary advocacy on behalf of the most vulnerable mentally ill patients who lack the insight to seek and continue effective care and benefit from assisted outpatient treatment."
RESOURCES AND INFORMATION
TAC wins APA Presidential Commendation (May 2006)
Special issue of Catalyst newsletter: Community psychiatry (May 2006)
About the Treatment Advocacy Center
About assisted outpatient treatment
About anosognosia
Bio: TAC president E. Fuller Torrey MD, "the most famous psychiatrist in America"
Bio: TAC executive director Mary Zdanowicz
