Treatment Advocacy Center is a national nonprofit organization dedicated to eliminating barriers to the timely and effective treatment of severe mental illness. The organization 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 website has information on advocacy and fixing the system; evidence and research; key issues such as anosognosia (lack of insight), consequences of non-treatment, criminalization of mental illness, psychiatric bed shortages, public service costs, and serious mental illness and violence.