PARMA, Ohio — Parma City Council is expected to consider an agreement Monday that would partner with MetroHealth to embed licensed social workers alongside Parma and Parma Heights first responders to ...

In a policy statement issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and published online Aug. 16 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented for improving emergency care for pediatric mental and ...

Spokane's Behavioral Response Unit expands its hours and team to enhance community care by pairing paramedics with mental ...

America's emergency rooms are being flooded by children suffering from psychiatric emergencies like anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts or attempts, a new joint report from three leading medical ...

Continuity of clinicians significantly improves the likelihood of follow-up attendance following a psychiatric emergency presentation. Following psychiatric emergency presentation, patients are 3 ...

More than 80 percent of emergency room physicians say the mental healthcare systems in their regions are dysfunctional, and do not adequately serve patients, according to a survey done in December by ...

America's emergency rooms are being flooded by children suffering from psychiatric emergencies like anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts or attempts, a new joint report from three leading medical ...

Hospital emergency rooms are poorly equipped to serve patients with complex psychiatric emergencies. Unfortunately, with access to mental health treatment in short supply, this is often where patients ...

Mental health care can be heard to access, especially when someone needs help right away. But a growing network of behavioral ...

DANVILLE, Va. (WFXR)- A new initiative in Danville and Pittsylvania County aims to improve response during behavioral health emergencies. The Marcus Alert Co-Response Program is designed to provide ...

When a child is experiencing a mental health crisis, families increasingly turn to the emergency department for help.

NYU Langone is planning to build a new psychiatric emergency program at its Sunset Park hospital amid a state-led effort to increase treatment capacity for individuals in the throes of mental health ...