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Support for Assisted Outpatient Treatment

A sampling of the support for assisted outpatient treatment, by organizations and by individuals.

MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• American Psychiatric Association (also read an oped by the president of APA)
• American Association of Community Psychiatrists
• Florida Assisted Living Affiliation
• Florida Council for Behavioral Healthcare
• Florida Healthcare Association
• Maine Association of Psychiatrists
• Maine Medical Association
• Maine Nurse Practitioners Association
• New Jersey Psychiatric Association (Also read an oped by the president of the New Jersey Psychiatric Association)
• Greater Trenton Behavioral Healthcare

ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS

• NAMI (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
• Florida Coalition for the Homeless
• NAMI Delaware
• NAMI Maryland
• NAMI New Mexico
• NAMI New York State
• NAMI California
• NAMI New Jersey

LAW ENFORCEMENT GROUPS

• National Sheriffs' Association
• California Peace Officer’s Association
• Florida Police Benevolent Association
• Florida Police Chiefs
• Florida Sheriffs' Association
• Maine Chiefs of Police
• Maine Sheriffs Association
• New Jersey Association of Chiefs of Police
• New York State Association of Chiefs of Police
• Portland Police Department

JUDICIARY

• "West Virginia is the only state in the union where we convene a full-blown hearing just to get a person in crisis due to mental illness into short-term stabilization and treatment," state Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher has said.

  Harold E. Shabo, Supervising Judge (retired), Mental Health Departments, Superior Court, Los Angeles
• Steven Leifman, Judge, Florida's 11th Judicial Circuit and co-chairman of the circuit's mental health committee

• Randy T. Rogers, Judge, Butler County Common Pleas Court, Ohio

• Ralph Ramirez, Judge, County of Waukesha, Circuit Court Branch 3, Wisconsin

• Fritz Mielke, Assistant Corporation Counsel, Waukesha County Office of Corporation Counsel, Wisconsin

• William Martin, Esq., General Counsel for Mental Hygiene, The City of New York Department of Mental Hygiene

• Richard S. Hyland, former Superior Court judge, Camden County, New Jersey

OTHER STAKEHOLDERS

• AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) 

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