| | Portsmouth Herald Local News: Mental care breakdown |
 | | Because there are very few ways in which an involuntary psychiatric patient can be admitted for long-term observation or care, the long hours spent in getting a person admitted in the first place are often wasted given the fact that a patient can be back on the street in a matter of days. |
 | | Seacoast Mental Health (SMH), a nonprofit organization with offices in Portsmouth and Exeter, provides a range of mental health services for clients from little children to older folks who have fairly mild problems or who have serious long-term problems. |
 | | Jeffrey Connor, director of Seacoast Mental Health, said that when the Pavilion terminated its status as a designated receiving facility, the cost-cutting move severely impacted the mental health facility, which serves nearly 3,000 clients. |
| www.seacoastonline.com /2001news/5_18a.htm (1981 words) |