The Wall Street Journal (4/1, Armour , Subscription Publication) reports on urgent care clinics developed to treat young people facing mental health crises, which are growing given the rising number of patients needing mental healthcare. According to a letter in Psychiatric Services, there were at least 77 such clinics in the US in 2021, and over 20 have opened in the past year east of the Rockies.
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— “America’s Mental Health Is Worsening. Special Urgent-Care Clinics Step In.,”Stephanie Armour, HealthDay, April 1, 2024