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October 25, 2011
Kids' ER Visits For Psychiatric Care Inching Up By Fran Lowry Reuters Health October 24, 2011 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/24/us-kids-er-idUSTRE79N44H20111024 Emergency room doctors are seeing more and more kids for mental health problems, and many of them are uninsured, researchers ... See More
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July 12, 2010
Yet another person is can be mistreated in an ER - almost killed - in this case he was forced to disrobe and Tasered when he refused. This could have killed Derek Thomas, Supreme Court Clarence Thomas' nephew, Derek. A good reason to invite more freidns to join the cause. Check out the link! A taser i... See More
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May 28, 2010
The "Psychiatric Services" Forum went really well. About 14 MPOWER advocates came from many parts of the state to share their lived experiences in ERs. We made a very positive contribution to awareness of ER issues we and so many others have experienced.There is a real possibility that we may be havin... See More
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May 13, 2010
From NAMI-MASS Announcement: Psychiatric Emergencies: Managing the Crisis Every day, in every major city 911 responders and hospital emergency departments address Psychiatric Emergencies. Patients are often inappropriately treated, and involuntarily committed to a treatment facility outside thei... See More
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April 30, 2010
This years' ER rights bill in Mass has been killed, "referred out for study" by the joint committee on health care financing, which is ironic, since the bill would have had no cost to the Commonwealth. Let's create a firestorm of disapproval! If you would like to help plan the response I will be se... See More