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TexasTowelie

(122,506 posts)
Sat Oct 29, 2016, 09:39 PM Oct 2016

Mental health crisis center opens in KC as alternative to jail, emergency room

The throng that gathered outside Friday at the ribbon-cutting of the Kansas City Assessment and Triage Center for people in mental health crises brought with them painful memories.

Police officers who had regretfully taken suffering people to jail were there.

Medical staffers who had strapped people with psychiatric disorders to emergency room gurneys were there.

So were mental health caseworkers who are forever running out of safe options for clients in emergencies.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article111139112.html

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Mental health crisis center opens in KC as alternative to jail, emergency room (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2016 OP
Mental Health matters. How interesting Kansas did this. Any others AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #1
It's Missouri. evlbstrd Oct 2016 #2
Oops my mistake. You're right. I still wonder if other states are AmericanActivist Oct 2016 #3

AmericanActivist

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3. Oops my mistake. You're right. I still wonder if other states are
Sun Oct 30, 2016, 11:38 AM
Oct 2016

doing this? I think it is a great idea. I read that some places in Canada are coordinating efforts between mental health professionals and educating police about the most common mental health issues so that these people could get proper help in the system.

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