Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Psychiatry Residency Program with Daniela Chisolm and Dr. Patricia Ortiz

In this episode, we are joined by Daniela Chisolm, an Assistant El Paso County Attorney & Senior Trial Attorney in the Mental Health Litigation Unit, and Dr. Patricia Ortiz, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. This innovative program is a collaboration between TTUHSC El Paso and the El Paso County Attorney's Office that embeds forensic psychiatry residents in the justice system with the goal of improving access to mental health care and decreasing incarceration rates, leading to better overall outcomes for justice-involved individuals with mental illness.

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