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Mental health cases at A&E reach crisis level - as waits get longer and specialised beds dwindle
A hospital boss tells Sky News his A&E staff are seeing "more and more people coming here as their first port of call".
The Morning Journal on MSN6h
Professionals urge residents to dial 988 for mental health emergency care
Riveon Mental Health and Recovery urges people experiencing mental health crisis to contact the Suicide and Crisis Hotline which has been updated over the last few years. In a nationwide effort, the ...
Time-Critical Questioning: A smarter way to get information when every second counts
A new method for getting life-saving information from people caught in fast-moving situations—such as terror attacks or ...
People with severe mental illness are waiting for days in hospital EDs. Here’s how we can do better
Adelaide’s Urgent Mental Health Care Centre, which operates as an alternative to EDs and is open 24 hours a day, seven days a ...
Physician's Weekly14h
ED Boarding of Pediatric Mental Health Patients Increasing
Approximately one-third of pediatric mental health ED visits leading to admission or transfer result in ED boarding, ...
WAOW14h
Aspirus Wausau Hospital expands emergency department, adds 8 new rooms
WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) -- Aspirus Wausau Hospital has wrapped up the final phase of its emergency department expansion. The new ...
CA mental health phone line faces steep budget cuts
The California Peer Run Warm Line, which helps people across the state with non-emergency mental health services, could go away soon.