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Cincinnati area children in crisis wait on the list for mental health care

A fourth grader works with a therapist at Best Point Education and Behavioral Health in Madisonville on June 13.  The nonprofit has a long waiting list of children in the region in need of mental health care.

More than 2,000 children are on a waiting list for mental health help at just one center in the Cincinnati area. The average waiting time to be seen by a professional: 98 days. That’s more than 2,000 parents who lie half awake at night listening and worrying about their children, said Kate Schroder, president and … Read more

Denver area hospitals expand mental health and addiction treatment, but we just need more

Denver area hospitals expand mental health and addiction treatment, but we just need more

Anne Felton, senior director for inpatient behavioral health at UCHealth, stands in the new behavioral health unit at the University of Colorado Hospital June 14, 2023 in Aurora, Colorado. UCHealth will soon open unit to support mental health crisis. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post) The Denver region is seeing an influx of new mental … Read more

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