As Psychiatric Wards Close, Patients Languish In Emergency Rooms

A study found psychiatric patients waited an average of eleven and a half hours in hospital emergency rooms before being treated or released. That's in part because many hospitals have decided it's not economically viable to keep psychiatric wards Read More...

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Posted May 30 2012, 11:53 PM by Shots - Health Blog