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BCMHL
(redirected from Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law)

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BCMHLBazelon Center for Mental Health Law


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In the first lawsuit, filed in August 2005, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Illinois, along with the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, the group Equip for Equality, and the law firm of Kirkland & Ellis, alleged that four residents of nursing homes were being needlessly segregated and inappropriately warehoused in violation of federal law.
Protection and advocacy groups have often used information from these records, including peer review records, to do investigations that have changed policies and saved lives," said Jennifer Mathis, deputy legal director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law in Washington, D.
``The court heard from the leading experts in the field that wraparound and (therapeutic foster care), provided in a family setting, can turn around a child's negative trajectory and produce virtual miracles,'' said Ira Burnim, legal director of the Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a national advocacy group.
 
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