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Hampton offers new alternative to ER for mental health crises
Original: An ER wait can worsen a mental health crisis. Hampton offers another option.
A Virginia city is promoting an alternative to hospital emergency rooms for people in a mental health crisis. The concern driving the effort: long ER waits can leave patients waiting in distress, sometimes for hours or days, which can make a crisis worse. Hampton's option aims to give people in crisis faster, more appropriate care outside the emergency department.
Why now: Growing public attention to emergency rooms' shortcomings in handling mental health crises is putting local alternatives like Hampton's in the spotlight.
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