Since its inception, the Treatment Advocacy Center has worked to inform and educate, to change ineffective treatment laws and policies and the long-held misconceptions that keep them from being improved and used. Founding president Dr. E. Fuller Torrey noted that TAC exists in part to:

… educate the legal profession, media, and general public that the failure to treat individuals with severe psychiatric disorders is a major reason so many end up homeless, in jails, and being victimized. And that failure to treat leads to episodes of violence that, in turn, are the greatest cause of stigma against individuals with psychiatric disorders. Above all, we must continue to be a coordinating center to geographically link those affected, their families, state legislators, and local media to work together on these problems. [“Truth and courage: Looking ahead for TAC”]

So how can you get the latest news and information?

• TAC’s web blog keeps you posted on our efforts, brings context to stories in the news, and shines light both on laws and policies that are working to help people with severe untreated mental illnesses, as well as those that are failing.
• TAC's news ticker links to stories in the news this week. Consequences of nontreatment fill headlines daily, like victimization, suicide, homelessness, arrest, and violence. We capture some of them here.
• Subscribe to TAC's free weekly email newsletter, which brings you a roundup of trends and stories relevant to treatment.
• Subscribe to TAC's free, much praised, periodic hardcopy newsletter, Catalyst. And check out the archives as well.
• Visit our press room, a special resource for journalists, with story ideas and information.