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- 1Chicago Launches Its First Street Psychiatry Program●Meet Chicago’s First Street Psychiatrist Sam Jackson was once a student of James Withers. This week, the pioneer of Stre
Chicago has appointed its first street psychiatrist, Sam Jackson, to lead the city's new Street Psychiatry pilot program. Jackson was mentored by James Withers, widely considered a pioneer of street medicine, who this week watched his former student take over the Chicago initiative. The program brings psychiatric care directly to homeless residents on the streets rather than waiting in clinics.