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

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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

A new emergency mental health center is one step closer to opening

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The building, formerly owned by St. Vincent's Charity Medical Center, has become Central's new behavioral health crisis center. Credit: Michael Andriolo/Signal Cleveland/Catchlight Local

A new crisis center for people in need of emergency mental health care is a step closer to opening after a key funding source was put in place. The Board of Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services (ADAMHS), the public agency that oversees mental health in Cuyahoga County, on Wednesday approved $4.5 million from … Read more