Treatment Advocacy Center: Nontreatment costs more

Sunday, January 01, 2006

Nontreatment costs more

$40,000: Annual cost to taxpayers for each homeless person who needs but does not receive mental health services. This cost, estimated by the Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Service, includes 911 calls, emergency room care and jail.

$6,500: Annual cost for each homeless person receiving community mental health services through county providers …

- Dec 31, 2005, Wichita News

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: Name: Treatment Advocacy Center; Location: United States

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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