Posted: Friday, November 07, 2014
Thursday night, TPC President/CEO Dale Klatzker, Ph.D., joined other mental health experts to discuss the challenges facing Rhode Island and its behavioral health care system. Outdated policies coupled with a severe lack of resources has left RI's community mental health programs in disarray.
Klatzker was in agreement with others, suggesting that mental health treatments need to more effectively integrated into generalized medical care.
Klatzker told the Providence Journal, "People are best served when they are served holistically and there is a robust array of services and possibilities. We don’t spend the money we have in the smartest possible way. The only way we can do that is to treat a person as whole.”
Click here to read the complete Providence Journal article on Publick Occurrence’s “Rhode Island’s Mental Health System: Condition Critical?” forum.
