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Lynnfield putting the finishing touches on streamlining residents’ access to mental health services

By | July 8, 2019
Town substance abuse prevention coordinator Peg Sallade is excited to help bring the mental health referral service INTERFACE to Lynnfield in August. (Thor Jourgensen)
LYNNFIELD — Town health coalition members said a mental health access service set to debut this summer will reduce anxiety and frustration for families desperate for help. The William James College INTERFACE referral service in Newton connects those with specific mental health problems with what its website describes as an “extensive database” of mental health…
Thor Jourgensen
Thor Jourgensen A newspaperman for 34 years, Thor Jourgensen has worked for the Item for 29 years and lived in Lynn 20 years. He has overseen the Item's editorial department since January 2016 and is the 2015 New England Newspaper and Press Association Bob Wallack Community Journalism Award recipient.

Thor Jourgensen can be reached at tjourgensen@itemlive.com

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