Kids In Mental Health Crisis Can Languish For Days Inside ERs

After experiencing a suicidal crisis earlier this year, Melinda, a Massachusetts 13-year-old, was forced to remain 17 days in the local hospital

The practice of housing children who are in psychiatric crisis in local ERs — often for days, while they await appropriate in-patient treatment — has become even more prevalent during the pandemic.

(Image credit: Photo courtesy of Pam, Melinda’s mother)

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