Emergency department waits for mental health care are still long – The Boston Globe

Behavioral health patients with unique needs often can’t obtain timely treatment.

By 2024, fewer mental health patients will be waiting in hospital emergency departments than in 2022. But Massachusetts still has some of the nation’s longest waits, and behavioral health patients with special needs — such as the elderly, pregnant women, or children with autism — often can’t get treatment in time. Get the Gavel A … Read more