More than 80 percent of emergency room physicians say the mental healthcare systems in their regions are dysfunctional, and do not adequately serve patients, according to a survey done in December by ...

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While overall visits to the emergency department (ED) declined between 2016 and 2021, mental health-related emergency visits for children and adolescents increased with an even greater increase in ...

Approximately one in three pediatric mental health Emergency Department (ED) visits resulting in admission or transfer exceeded 12 hours, and over one in eight exceeded 24 hours, according to ...

Pediatric mental health ED visits have risen, with many children experiencing prolonged stays due to limited psychiatric beds, especially in non-children’s hospitals. A study found 32.1% of pediatric ...

This funding will establish a Crisis Intervention Unit designed to improve mental and behavioral health crisis response in ...

TeamHealth, a physician-led practice, and Array Behavioral Care, a virtual psychiatry and therapy practice, have partnered in an effort to improve emergency mental health care, the companies shared ...

DANVILLE, Va. (WFXR)- A new initiative in Danville and Pittsylvania County aims to improve response during behavioral health ...

A sharp decline in dispatches, staffing shortages and the loss of police dispatch technology have hampered Chicago's non-police mental health crisis response program ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — There is a new resource for those experiencing mental health emergencies in Hampton Roads. Chesapeake Regional Healthcare held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Monday for its new ...

By one measure, only three percent of the Community Assistance Response and Engagement team were related to why it was ...