PARMA, Ohio — Parma City Council is expected to consider an agreement Monday that would partner with MetroHealth to embed licensed social workers alongside Parma and Parma Heights first responders to ...

More than 80 percent of emergency room physicians say the mental healthcare systems in their regions are dysfunctional, and do not adequately serve patients, according to a survey done in December by ...

Approximately one in three pediatric mental health Emergency Department (ED) visits resulting in admission or transfer exceeded 12 hours, and over one in eight exceeded 24 hours, according to ...

While overall visits to the emergency department (ED) declined between 2016 and 2021, mental health-related emergency visits for children and adolescents increased with an even greater increase in ...

When a child is experiencing a mental health crisis, families increasingly turn to the emergency department for help. While ...

Pediatric mental health ED visits have risen, with many children experiencing prolonged stays due to limited psychiatric beds, especially in non-children’s hospitals. A study found 32.1% of pediatric ...

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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota generously supports MinnPost’s Community Health coverage; learn more about their community health work. In 13 years as a paramedic, this past year has been ...

Spokane's Behavioral Response Unit expands its hours and team to enhance community care by pairing paramedics with mental ...

TeamHealth, a physician-led practice, and Array Behavioral Care, a virtual psychiatry and therapy practice, have partnered in an effort to improve emergency mental health care, the companies shared ...