title: State mental health policy: Promoting legislation and public policy debates in state legislatures: a psychiatrist's perspective.
abstract: Psychiatrists are urged to get involved in promoting legislation and public policy debates in state legislatures to effectively advocate for positive change in legislation and policy making. This column focuses on strategies that New Hampshire Psychiatric Society members have found effective in engaging policy makers and legislators in a dialogue that assertively promotes the views of patients with mental illness and the profession of psychiatry.
authors.affiliation: Dartmouth Medical School, USA. adenesne@dhhs.state.nh.us
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Nesnera
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