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Mental health case manager describes treatment gaps for immigrant clients, urges support
Summary
In public comment, mental health case manager Ethel Arista said many immigrants with serious mental illness lack treatment and described how case management and therapy provide coping skills and step‑by‑step support.
Ethel Arista, a mental health case manager, told the meeting in a public comment that many people she works with — including immigrants diagnosed with serious and persistent mental illness — arrive without ongoing treatment and rely on case management and therapy for coping skills.
Arista said she learned about clients’ needs while practicing immigration law after she moved to the United…
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