Report of the Mental Health Commission
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO, a statewide planning group in New Hampshire issued the Wheelock-Nardi report. One goal of this report was to develop a statewide system of community-based mental health care. Today, however, New Hampshire’s mental health system remains at risk.
- In the past 10 years, admissions to the state’s public psychiatric hospital have doubled.
- Local communities have seen reductions in psychiatric hospital units, group homes that provide residential treatment, and intensive outpatient services.
- Per capita expenditures at the state’s mental health centers have been reduced by nearly half.
- Primary care providers have seen significant increases in mental health issues in their medical settings.
- The rate of incarceration for people with mental health issues has risen.
This report contains the findings and recommendations of the Commission in the form of four key principles. Download FULFILLING THE PROMISE: Transforming New Hampshire’s Mental Health System in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (652KB)
Mental Health Commission Report – Vol. I (536KB)
