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The 988 hotline that aims to aid people in a mental health crisis saw a 34% increase in calls from Missouri in August from a year prior.
The Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care across its state-run mental health facilities to decline as wings are shut down.
Hospitals across Missouri are facing a “crisis” caring for patients in acute-care settings who can’t find long-term care through the Department of Mental Health due to the agency’s chronic shortage of workers.
The Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care across its state-run mental health facilities to decline as wings are shut down.
The Department of Mental Health has continued to grapple with steep vacancies among staff, causing access to care across its state-run mental health facilities to decline as wings are shut down.