We need to find a better place to treat mental health emergencies - STAT

We need to find a better place to treat mental health emergencies - STAT

Opinion: Mental health patients, with nowhere else to go, are overwhelming emergency departments

By ANNE ZINK

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People with mental health emergencies can spend days in the emergency department waiting for mental health care to become available. That's wrong.

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