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N.J. agency partners with legal group to help SPMI patients
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.31810
Subject(s) - agency (philosophy) , mental health , intervention (counseling) , traction (geology) , point (geometry) , business , law , public relations , medicine , nursing , political science , psychiatry , engineering , sociology , social science , mechanical engineering , geometry , mathematics
Noting that medical‐legal partnerships are being recognized and gaining traction as an effective and relatively low‐cost intervention to improve health outcomes, a New Jersey–based mental health organization and a public interest law agency have partnered to assist patients with a serious and persistent mental illness (SPMI) in need of legal assistance before they reach a crisis point.