But Paterson, who succeeded the disgraced Eliot Spitzer in March, 2008, held on as a candidate until late February, when a series of embarrassing revelations relating to his allegedly improper involvement in a personal aide's
domestic abuse case led him to withdraw from the race.
It has been done by social workers, psychologists, nurses,
case managers, emergency workers,
domestic violence advocates, paraprofessionals, mental health counselors, substance
abuse counselors, and even has been done in peer -
led version.