A 9-year-old boy lived for weeks in a hospital emergency room, dressed in paper scrubs, because his parents couldn't handle him and the state's social services agency had nowhere to place him.

The number of ER patients with a mental illness grew from 4.4 million in 2002 to 6.8 million in 2011, an increase of 55 percent, according to a September study in Health Affairs.About 836,000 ...

The essence of an emergency room mental health evaluation should be to arrive at a diagnosis, especially if one is not already known, and to get help with treatment and resources.

If an emergency room visit is followed up with mental health care, it can reduce repeat ER visits and improve health outcomes. However, finding and seeing a provider could take weeks to months.

Law enforcement and emergency medical services can transport patients in mental health crises to a local emergency room if they are deemed dangers to themselves or others, a process law ...

How Gaps In Mental Health Care Play Out In ... offer insights into how frequently patients with mental health issues land in the emergency room — often because opportunities to intervene ...

Ellis Hospital President and CEO Paul Milton announces opening of the Living Room, a partnership with CDPHP to provide an innovative adult mental health program designed to keep those on the verge ...

It also committed to new investments in behavioral health care, such as deploying peer counselors in the emergency room, making mental health providers available at its primary care clinics ...