Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion March 23, 2023
No measures should be off limits when it comes to the restoration and repair of Maine’s failing mental health services – and that includes creative legislative proposals . In response to the crisis of young patients languishing in hospital rooms and emergency rooms ill-equipped to care for them, Black’s proposal would require the Department of Health and Human Services to establish “secure children’s psychiatric residential treatment... + full article
Los Angeles Times USA Nation October 19, 2023
When he came home from the hospital, Marcelus Laidler began to wet the bed. His mother noticed he seemed leery, questioning everything she did. His ankles and wrists bore scars — the result, he said, of repeatedly being strapped to a bed with restraints at Los Angeles General... + más
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Los Angeles General Medical Center restrains inpatients in its psychiatric unit at a rate higher than any other hospital in California — and more than 50 times the national average for inpatient psychiatric facilities, a Times analysis of federal data from 2018 to 2021 found.... + más
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A Times analysis of federal data found that Los Angeles General Medical Center physically restrained inpatients in its psychiatric unit at some of the highest rates in the country from 2018 through 2021. Records filled out by hospital staff show that in some cases, psychiatric... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion March 29, 2023
are in residential treatment facilities outside the state. While the majority are in New England, some children are as far away as . We are sending money and our next generation away for treatment that we could be providing right here in Maine. We need to bring them home – and... + más
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New York Post USA Opinion October 20, 2022
One of ’s more dubious legacies was his push to “transform” mental health in New York by getting rid of psychiatric hospital beds that he said New York didn’t need. Statewide, there were about 10,200 beds in 2014; now there are about 9,100. Though previous waves of... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Opinion September 24, 2022
The print headline of has preyed on our minds since we read it (“Our View: Failing system fuels violence in hospitals,” July 24, Page D2). Repealing a federal law that bars states from using Medicaid to pay for care in psychiatric facilities with more than 16 beds could... + más
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