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    Jonas Waizer Ph.D. (Associate Commissioner for Planning, Evaluation and Information Systems)

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The author would like to express his appreciation to the staff members in the New York State Office of Mental Health Bureau of Planning Assistance & Coordination, who contributed to the Dictionary of Mental Health Programs, including Darby Penney, John Hornik, Ph.D., John Flaherty, Ph.D., and Ron Gerhard.

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Waizer, J. Dictionary of mental health programs: A response to a fragmented mental health system. Psych Quart 61, 21–39 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01065162

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