Patrick Hattan, MD, co-chief medical officer at Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility (Hampstead), a member of Dartmouth Health, received the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Exemplary Psychiatrist Award, a national honor recognizing physiatrists who have made exceptional contributions to improving the lives of people living with mental health conditions.
Established in 1990, the NAMI Exemplary Psychiatrist Awards recognize physiatrists nominated by NAMI members, state organizations and affiliates across the country. Hattan was honored during NAMI New Hampshire’s annual meeting in June.
In addition to his leadership role at Hampstead, Hattan serves as a clinical assistant professor of psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. He is also the associate medical director at New Hampshire Hospital. Throughout his career, he has focused on expanding access to evidence-based, trauma-informed mental health care for children and adults with complex behavioral health needs.
Hattan has worked closely with NAMI New Hampshire to strengthen patient and family engagement in psychiatric care. Under his leadership at Hampstead, the organization established a Patient and Family Advisory Committee to ensure patients and families have a voice in improving care and the patient experience.
He has also collaborated with providers, individuals with lived experience and community partners to improve mental health education, including training related to New Hampshire’s revised involuntary emergency admission procedures. Through his clinical, educational and leadership roles, Hattan has emphasized family engagement, recovery-oriented care and reducing stigma surrounding mental illness.
About Dartmouth Health
Dartmouth Health, New Hampshire’s only academic health system and largest private employer, serves patients across New England. Dartmouth Health provides access to more than 2,300 providers in nearly every area of medicine, delivering care at its flagship hospital, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC) in Lebanon, NH. Its network of hospitals, outpatient centers, clinics and home care facilities, spans a broad geographical area. Year after year, DHMC is named the #1 hospital in New Hampshire by U.S. News & World Report, and is consistently recognized for high performance in numerous clinical specialties and procedures. Dartmouth Health includes Dartmouth Cancer Center, northern New England’s only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers and one of less than than 60 total nationally; Dartmouth Health Children’s, which includes the state’s only children’s hospital (Children’s Hospital at DHMC/CHaD) and more than 20 locations around the region; eight member hospitals in Lebanon, Keene, Claremont, Hampstead, and New London, NH, and Windsor and Bennington, VT; Dartmouth Health Home Care; Dartmouth Health Connected Care Center for Telehealth, serving patients as far away as Texas; and more than 30 primary and multi-specialty clinics across New Hampshire and Vermont. Through its partnership with Dartmouth College, Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and the White River Junction VA Medical Center, Dartmouth Health trains nearly 400 medical residents and fellows annually and performs cutting-edge research and clinical trials with international impact. Dartmouth Health and its more than 16,000 employees are committed to serving the healthcare needs of everyone in the communities it serves and to providing every patient with exceptional, state-of-the-art, personalized care. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org.
About Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility
Hampstead Hospital and Residential Treatment Facility (Hampstead) is New Hampshire’s only acute psychiatric hospital and residential treatment facility for youth and young adults, located in the town of Hampstead. Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center is solely responsible for the clinical leadership, patient care and operation of Hampstead, through a public-private partnership with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services. At Hampstead, Dartmouth Health trains the next generation of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners and nurses through residency programs, serving a growing need for caring professionals to treat the most vulnerable young people in New Hampshire and beyond. Hampstead is the future home of Dartmouth Health Children’s Center of Excellence, which will deliver and expand access to behavioral health services, provide trauma-informed care, and implement evidence-based practices to ensure the most positive outcomes for children and adolescents. Learn more at dartmouth-health.org/hampstead.