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Lower-Permission4850 t1_jab21ha wrote

Reply to comment by Weekly-Obligation798 in Sadly, those calling this a win are wrong. by BelichicksBurner

I hope you’re right. We have a kid who’s needed to stay in the ED a few times and it’s a relief to know that’s there because aside from that he comes home to where we can’t always handle him. We need more help but the help is not there

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aredubya t1_jabbcta wrote

The current system is total horseshit. Patients can stay in an ER for weeks or months without hope of a psychiatric bed. While they wait, outside practitioners (current therapist, psychiatrist, etc.) are barred from participating in the patient's care. If the family decides the ER stay is exacerbating whatever mental condition the patient is being held for, discharging to return home removes them from the wait-list for a psychiatric bed.

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