Psychiatric nurse practitioner recognized for behavioral health excellence

Penobscot Community Health Care announced that Deborah MacLean, psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, was the 2015 recipient of the Maine Primary Care Association Behavioral Health Excellence Award. MacLean was recognized at the association’s annual conference in Bar Harbor on Oct. 21. The award is given annually to a clinician who exemplifies the best of primary care medicine for the underserved, reaches high standards of quality care, adopts innovations, promotes greater access and demonstrates leadership to advance primary care for all.