[1][2] The TAC was subsequently directed by psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey and identifies its mission as "dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness".
[6] Laurie Flynn, the NAMI director at the time, stated in a press release, "It's a national disgrace that, in this age of remarkable progress in brain research and treatment, so many individuals are left out in the cold".
Torrey is currently a member of the Treatment Advocacy Center's board and is executive director of the Stanley Medical Research Institute.
[9][10] TAC's major focus on legally mandated treatment is opposed by other advocacy groups.
"[11] Daniel Fischer, founder of National Coalition for Mental Health Recovery, described outpatient commitment as "a slippery slope" back to the kind of mass institutionalization seen in the 1940s and '50s".