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Mental illness affects people at all socioeconomic levels. Community mental health centers often serve those who are most in need, but what happens to people diagnosed with mental illness who can live independently, can work in the community, but still need some support. Author Mary Van Pelt says services that support wellness don't exist on the higher end of the continuum.
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Mental illness affects people at all socioeconomic levels. Community mental health centers often serve those who are most in need, but what happens to people diagnosed with mental illness who can live independently, can work in the community, but still need some support. Author Mary Van Pelt says services that support wellness don't exist on the higher end of the continuum.
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Aired 2/14/06 on KRZA 88.7FM Alamosa/Taos
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Sandra Smallwood-Beltran
Posted on March 12, 2006 at 05:52 PM | Permalink
Review of Mental Health Continuum of Care
The content is valuable as it fills an informational void. In rural areas especially, recovered mentally ill persons fall through the cracks.