Severe mental illness can have a detrimental impact on the individual, family, and community. Many patients with severe mental illness require a lot of support from family and community agencies.

Severe Mental Illness

Severe mental illness can have a detrimental impact on the individual, family, and community. Many patients with severe mental illness require a lot of support from family and community agencies.

Find one resource or agency in your community for patients with severe mental illness and use it to answer the following:  I LIVE IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA, POTTSTOWN PA

• What is the criteria for entering this program or agency?
• What support services do they offer to patients with severe mental illness and their families?
• What evidence supports that these interventions are helpful or significant for patient outcomes?

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