Commentary: Let’s do what’s fiscally responsible and will save lives – pass L.D. 1090
The bill will help more people access Maine’s progressive treatment program for mental illness, promoting their recovery and cutting costs to taxpayers.
By Jeanne GoreSpecial to the Press Herald
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I’m the mother of someone who suffers from schizoaffective disorder. Schizoaffective disorder is a condition related to schizophrenia, and it has described by the American Psychiatric Association as a chronic brain disorder. I am also the coordinator and co-chair of the Steering Committee for the National Shattering Silence Coalition.
“By creating a partnership between the individual and the mental health system, assisted outpatient treatment greatly increases medication adherence, reduces costs from hospital readmission and other revolving-door circumstances and promotes recovery in individuals,” Jeanne Gore writes.