TAC - Treatment Advocacy Center

BREAKING: We just released the newest iteration of our comprehensive psychiatric beds report. Watch the video "How State Psychiatric Bed Shortages Leave Families Helpless" below, and read the report, "Prevention Over Punishment” https://lnkd.in/e9WmND4G for insights into the declining number of state hospital beds in the U.S. #PreventionOverPunishment

Prisons were not designed with the intention of serving as health institutions, yet they are some of the largest providers of mental and physical health services in the U.S. People with SMI are largely un- or under-treated when they are incarcerated, leading to a host of additional negative outcomes. Listen to this important conversation between Lindsay Rauch, whose family was featured in the TV docuseries, "Six Schizophrenic Brothers," and Dr. Xavier Amador, TAC's Chief Science Officer, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ge2FAyVa

“Make Them Hear You” is a podcast empowering people of color from our SMI community to tell their stories; the series looks at race as one of the many barriers to treatment of SMI. As we close out #BlackHistoryMonth, we invite you to listen to the series in order to better understand how racial disparities in healthcare, the justice system, and policing compound barriers to treatment for BIPOC communities. Listen here: https://lnkd.in/gC3_-i2g

The Schizophrenia & Psychosis Action Alliance will be hosting an important webinar on March 12, 2025 at Noon ET to discuss logistics and implications of the FDA's recent announcement regarding the end of the clozapine REMS! Register here: https://lnkd.in/eP-vJW3Y

Our twice-yearly TAC newsletter is out now! In the Winter 2025 issue of Catalyst, we share important updates about TAC programs and advocacy, a personally speaking blog by TAC's director of communications, the premiere of a new series called SMI Thought Leaders, and an invitation to our upcoming AOT Symposium! Read the newsletter here: https://lnkd.in/gQh3wfnJ

BREAKING: The FDA will eliminate the REMS program for clozapine. This is a momentous, life-saving development for individuals with treatment-resistant schizophrenia. https://lnkd.in/ehv6BiDs

Anosognosia is not a choice. Learn more about what TV gets wrong about SMI on the latest episode of our podcast, SMI Spotlight, with Dr. Xavier Amador and Lindsay Rauch, whose family was featured in the docuseries, "Six Schizophrenic Brothers." https://lnkd.in/g2GiaTkT Galvin Family Trust: https://lnkd.in/g5fngPKj

Have you listened to the latest episode of SMI Spotlight with Dr. Xavier Amador and Lindsay Rauch? Catch the full episode, "Anosognosia: What TV Gets Wrong About Schizophrenia," out now on Youtube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. https://lnkd.in/g2GiaTkT Also follow Lindsay's Facebook blog: Hidden Valley Road - The Continuum Galvin Family Trust: https://lnkd.in/g5fngPKj

Visit TAC's action center to see how you can help protect Medicaid coverage for individuals with severe mental illness. https://lnkd.in/gK8DWPMM

READ: "REMS for Clozapine Must Go" by Lisa Dailey, Executive Director of TAC, and Dr. Marketa Wills, CEO and medical director of the American Psychiatric Association: https://lnkd.in/evzQdq6R