In a state where mental health care access can be limited, especially for Black communities, one nurse is serving Black Atlantans in an unconventional way – by running a clinic on wheels.
Psychiatric nurse practitioner Joanne Patterson launched a virtual practice in 2019 and served over 6,000 patients during the past six years. But after the COVID-19 pandemic, she began rethinking her approach to care.
In 2023, she bought a tiny house and converted it into a fully operational mobile mental health clinic…