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Tompkins County Board of Health highlights progress integrating public- and mental-health services
Summary
Tompkins County health officials reviewed steps taken since 2019 to integrate public health and mental health services, citing new clinic space, a referral system and unified administrative functions intended to reduce barriers to care.
Tompkins County health officials on the Board of Health meeting described steps taken to integrate public health and mental health services and said the changes are intended to make care easier to access for residents.
Jeremy, a Tompkins County health department staff member who presented the update, said the county pursued integration to treat “each individual as a whole person rather than go please go downtown and engage with mental health and then come uptown and engage with some physical health here.” He told the board the Brown Road Mental Health Clinic, which opened in November, lets people see multiple providers…
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