New Hampshire’s Prescription for Mental Health Care: Comprehensive, Integrated, and Coordinated Health Care

November 5, 2009 This article was written by Peter Antal, Ph.D., Institute on Disability, University of New Hampshire. In this article, Antal writes that the provision of mental health care in New Hampshire is far from ideal. Many of those living with mental illness report a lack of coordination among those providing mental health, physical health, and substance use services. Many physicians in the state report a lack of mental health expertise, and yet are responsible for prescribing psychotropic medications. Many New Hampshire hospitals do not have on-site trained mental health personnel or have inadequate access to mental . . .