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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Mentally Ill Flood ER as States Cut Services

Julie Steenhuysen and Jilian Mincer, Reuters
Steenhuysen and Mincer report: "Across the country, doctors like Sullivan are facing a spike in psychiatric emergencies - attempted suicide, severe depression, psychosis - as states slash mental health services and the country's worst economic crisis since the Great Depression takes its toll. This trend is taxing emergency rooms already overburdened by uninsured patients who wait until ailments become acute before seeking treatment."  READ MORE

 

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