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Treatment Advocacy Center (Arlington, VA)

Published 2000. 3 pages.

Mentally ill (Special Offenders)

"The Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating legal and clinical barriers to timely and humane treatment for Americans with severe brain disorders [such as schizophrenia and manic-depressive illness (bipolar disorder)] who are not receiving appropriate medical care (p.1)." This website provides access to information about TAC, general resources and publications, legal resources, medical resources, press room, preventable tragedies, state activity, and hospital closures. Accession Number: 016040

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