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• Howard Trachtman quoted in Boston Globe and Herald, August 2011.

Boston Globe:
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Quote:

"These incidents are very rare,.. said mental health advocate Howard
Trachtman. There are many crimes committed by people without mental
illness, and you don't hear about all the people [with mental health
problems who are] doing well in mixed complexes...

I spoke to the reporter at length and am glad he used this quote.
When a person with mental helath issues commits a crime, it is in the lead
paragraph, but not mentioned when person doesn't have a history.

Boston Herald article:
http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1358103

Quote:

Howard Trachtman, director of the Greater Boston affiliate of the
National Alliance on Mental Illness, said for those with mental
illness: "This is housing that is available to them to help them live
independently. I don't want to take that away from them.

Howard D. Trachtman, BS, CPS

Co-Executive Director Metro Boston Recovery Learning Community and
Executive Director Boston Resource Center & Hope Recovery Learning Center
c/o Solomon Carter Fuller DMH
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85 East Newton Street
Boston, MA 02118-2340

howard@BostonResourceCenter.org
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