The Tennessean (11/18, Bliss, Wadhwani) reported, “The goal of Tennessee’s public psychiatric hospitals is to serve as a last-resort safety net to stabilize patients in crisis and then link them to ongoing treatment in their communities,” but because the state’s mental healthcare “system as a whole is overburdened,” about “one in three adults admitted to Tennessee’s public psychiatric hospitals will return within six months [pdf], according to federal data.”
Related Links:
— “13 suicide attempts, 18 hospitalizations, few options: Lost in Tennessee’s mental care system, “Jessica Bliss and Anita Wadhwani, The Tennessean, November 18, 2018.