The Treatment Advocacy Center is a national nonprofit dedicated to eliminating legal barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illnesses such as severe bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. 

Recent media releases:

• Treatment for Jared Loughner likely was doomed by new public policies, according to book released this week (Jan. 5, 2012)
• Man convicted of murdering Arizona police officer ordered freed; judge rules evidence of mental illness was not properly presented (Dec. 22, 2011)
• Incidents involving mental illness are creating public and police safety issues, senior law enforcements officials say (Dec. 20, 2011) 

• TEN YEARS AFTER MURDERS: Law Meant To Prevent Tragedies Remains Overlooked and Unused (Jan. 4, 2010)

Topics on which the Treatment Advocacy Center provides information and comment to media:

• Mental health treatment laws, by state including Kendra's Law in New York and Laura's Law in California
• Civil commitment standards for inpatient or outpatient treatment, by state
• Benefits of treatment for severe mental illness
• Consequences of non-treatment , including research data on specific consequences 
• Assisted outpatient treatment /court-ordered community-based treatment and its role in addressing severe mental illness
• Anosognosia/lack of insight and how it impacts treatment of mental illness

• Interviews with legal advocacy specialists for all states 
• Interviews with psychiatrists or other experts, including E. Fuller Torrey, MD, who has been called "schizophrenia's most zealous foe" 
• Contact with local experts, activists, and individuals with mental illness in many individual communities
• Comment and information on preventable tragedies (e.g., suicide, murder, police shootings) in which a person with mental illness is a victim or perpetrator
    

• The Impact of Mental Illness on Law Enforcement Resources (December 2011) 
• "More Mentally Ill Persons are in Jails and Prisons than Hospitals: A Survey of the States" plus a 50-state table of jail/prison populations (May 2010)
• “People with Mental Illnesses May Pose a Greater Threat to the Future of Libraries than the Internet” (March/April 2009)
• “ The Shortage of Public Hospital Beds for Mentally Ill Persons” (March 2008)
• “Threats to Radio and TV Personnel in the US by Individuals with Severe Mental Illnesses”

• Our mission statement and acitivities
• Our staff and board of directors 

MEDIA CONTACT
Doris A. Fuller, communications director
703.294.6003 - office; 703.346.7902 - cell
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