The Treatment Advocacy Center (www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org) is a national nonprofit 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.
As of October, Ohio was treating 8,371 mentally ill prisoners to the tune of about $67 million a year.
[Care of mentally ill prisoners costly for jails, Plain Dealer, Jan. 20, 2006]
In 2001, each inmate cost Nebraskans an average of $25,321, compared to the $3,500 per person cost of mental health treatment.[Jail diversion ‘saved my life,’ woman says, Lincoln Journal Star, Jan. 24, 2006]
posted by Treatment Advocacy Center at 2:09 PM
The Treatment Advocacy Center (www.treatmentadvocacycenter.org) is a national nonprofit 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. The American Psychiatric Association honored TAC for "extraordinary advocacy." TAC president Dr. E. Fuller Torrey: "Until we find the causes and definitive treatments for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, we have an obligation to those who are suffering to try to improve their lives. TAC is the only organization willing to take on this fight, and I am very proud to be part of it."
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