According to Kaiser Health News (10/24, Miller), across the US, “the shortage of” psychiatric “beds and mental health workers has collided with an increasing, pandemic-driven demand for mental health treatment.” Robert Trestman, PhD, MD, chairperson of the American Psychiatric Association’s Council on Healthcare Systems and Financing, stated, “ERs have been flooded with patients needing psychiatric care.” He added, “The current crisis is unprecedented in the extent, severity and sweep of its national impact.” The article focused in particular on state psychiatric hospitals in Georgia, Oregon, Texas, and Virginia.
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— “Understaffed state psychiatric facilities leave mental health patients in limbo “Andy Miller, Kaiser Health News, October 24, 2021