Hospital Mental health services closing across America May 12 – June 16 2023
Social media, political and community outrage
and COVID Lockdown stress
are overwhelming mental health caregivers and institutions
across the nation
Child suicide/self-harm are rising dramatically
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| Baystate takes steps to close psych units, prepping for standalone behavioral health hospital …MassLive.com“Today, the rest of the adult behavioral health beds remain in Springfield, ensuring continued access to quality mental health care services,” he said … Flag as irrelevant | |
| What’s behind the ‘momentous’ move to close a WA for-profit psych hospitalThe Seattle TimesThe Mental Health Project is a Seattle Times initiative focused on covering mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group, a … Flag as irrelevant | |
| San Jose hospital to cut acute psychiatric care – San José SpotlightSan Jose SpotlightGood Samaritan Hospital plans to close it’s 18-bed inpatient psychiatric facility at its Mission Oaks Hospital location in Los Gatos. Flag as irrelevant | |
| Community worries about mental health access after St. Dominic closure – Mississippi TodayMississippi TodayAlthough the Mississippi State Hospital opened 20 adult psychiatric beds earlier this year that had been closed due to staffing issues, … Flag as irrelevant | |
| State senator wants hearings on Hawthorn psych hospital patient escapes – WXYZWXYZ“Many parents who have children at Hawthorn no longer trust the Department of Health and Human Services in keeping their kids safe. We have a duty to … Flag as irrelevant | |
| As child mental health rates rise, Michigan sharply cuts residential bedsBridge MichiganThe state has closed several residential facilities for children with … It’s a crisis made worse by a shortage of hospital and health care … Flag as irrelevant | |
| Illinois hospital links closing to ransomware attack | WNTZ – cenlanow.comCenlaNow“The average cyberattack on a health care system leads to 19 days of patients being unable to receive some form of care,” according to data from cyber … Flag as irrelevant | |
| S.F. will never solve the crisis on its streets alone. What should California do about it?San Francisco ChronicleIn his inability to access mental health treatment, Hobbs was no outlier, California … nearly 14,000 were there because state hospitals closed. Flag as irrelevant | |
| Mental health experts concerned about impacts of St. Dominic’s closing mental health unitSpot On MississippiNow that a hospital in Mississippi’s capital has closed its unit specializing in mental health care, experts fear a domino effect. Flag as irrelevant | |
| King County, WA can’t afford to lose behavioral health beds | The Seattle TimesThe Seattle TimesCascade Behavioral Health Hospital’s closing means 137 beds designated for psychiatric care and treatment for addiction will disappear. Flag as irrelevant | |
| Washington’s strained mental health care system prepares for another blow – KUOWKUOWBut now, that service is going away. During an all-staff meeting Thursday, hospital officials announced the facility would be closing by the end of … Flag as irrelevant |
Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital set to close – Puget Sound Business Journal
The Business Journals
The closure comes as such behavioral health facilities in the Puget Sound area struggle to meet the demand for care, with staffing and capacity …
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| Tukwila psychiatric hospital to close, lay off nearly 300 staff | The Seattle TimesThe Seattle TimesLess than two years after a showdown with health care staff over workplace safety, Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital said Friday it plans to … Flag as irrelevant | |||||
| Acadia-owned psychiatric hospital in Washington state to close, layoff 288Becker’s Hospital ReviewClose Cascade Behavioral Health Hospital in suburban Seattle due to financial challenges. 288 employees will be laid off by July 31. Flag as irrelevant | |||||
| To the Editor: Closure of the inpatient psychiatric unit at Chelsea Hospital is wrong. Please speak out.The Sun Times NewsPatients with acute mental health crises often require inpatient care, but Michigan unfortunately has a shortage of hospital psychiatric beds. Flag as irrelevant | |||||
| ‘Stuck in limbo’: Lawsuit says Md. foster children held in hospitals, psychiatric facilities for no …WTOPChildren in the Maryland foster care system are being held in hospital and psychiatric facilities when it was not “medically necessary,” according … Flag as irrelevant | |||||
Concerns for St Helen’s patients as Hobart psychiatrists plan their departure – ABC News
ABC
Two psychiatrists say they will have no choice but to close their practices when a Hobart private mental health hospital stops operating next …
Editorial: During Mental Health Awareness Month We Should Reflect Why We Lack Adequate Care
St. Thomas Source
In 2012, St. Croix’s Juan F. Luis Hospital closed its mental health ward without much explanation. Since then, the hospital has designated a room …
Over 100 Hospitals Push Legislature to Hike Medicaid Funding – Urban Milwaukee
Urban Milwaukee
… three rural hospitals have discontinued labor and delivery services, a suburban Wisconsin hospital closed a 16-bed psychiatric unit, …
| Why Phoenix-area psychiatric beds are closed – AZCentralAZCentralAs of May 11, 88 inpatient psychiatric beds were closed across three Valleywise Health facilities, most of them in the health system’s hospital in … Flag as irrelevant |
| Over 100 hospitals call on Wisconsin Legislature to boost Medicaid reimbursementWisconsin Public Radio |Hospital officials on Monday signed-off on a letter to members of the … Wisconsin hospital closed a 16-bed psychiatric unit, urban hospitals are … Flag as irrelevant |
| Wisconsin Hospital Association seeks $185M of state budget surplus to help its membersThe Business JournalsThe WHA also listed the closing of a psychiatric unit in a suburban Wisconsin community, which the Business Journal reported was Froedtert Menomonee … Flag as irrelevant |
| Penn Medicine is opening a mental health crisis response center at the former Mercy hospitalPhiladelphia InquirerThe new center is part of Penn’s plan to consolidate mental health services at Pennsylvania Hospital and the Hospital of the University of … Flag as irrelevant |
| Froedtert Health shuttering units at two hospitals – Milwaukee Business JournalThe Business JournalsFroedtert Health closed on May 12 the behavioral health unit at … Froedtert Menomonee Falls Hospital had 800 psychiatric admissions in 2022, … Flag as irrelevant |
| Your View by Lamont McClure: Pennsylvania is failing people with serious mental illnessesMorning CallAllentown State Hospital closed in 2010, leaving the state and county to find new ways to care for people with serious mental illness. Flag as irrelevant |
Davis urges more funding for mental health | Daily Mountain Eagle
Daily Mountain Eagle
The Walker County Commission declared May to be Mental Health … He said when a number of hospitals closed, mental health treatment beds were not …
DPH to Hold Public Hearing (May 18th at 6 p.m.) on Proposed Closure of 32-Bed Substance …
Yahoo Finance
In 2021, Steward initiated its closing, but later decided to move the service to Morton Hospital in Taunton. In response to the initial closure …
| Group protests loss of inpatient psychiatric beds at new Norwood Hospital – WHDHWHDHHeavy rain flooded the hospital in 2020, forcing the facility to close. Just under three years later, Steward Health Care, which runs Norwood Hospital … Flag as irrelevant |
| OSF’s approved behavioral health hospital would be state’s largest South of ChicagoWEEKCarle Health is also planning a mental health facility for youth and … “Communities have acute behavioral hospitals that are closing,” Cruz said … Flag as irrelevant |
| Illinois greenlights OSF mental health hospital | CIProud.comWMBDPEORIA, Ill. (WMBD), OSF Healthcare is closing the gap for behavioral health services for teens and adults in Central Illinois. Flag as irrelevant |
| Central Ontario residents ask minister to impose moratorium in Minden ER closureCTV News BarrieThe emergency department at the hospital in Minden, Ont., is set to close its doors permanently. (CTV News/Christian D’Avino) … Flag as irrelevant |
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