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There are currently 260 people in Missouri jails waiting to be transferred to a hospital for mental health treatment -- a slight uptick from last month, as state officials work to develop plans for the "jail-based competency restoration" program approved by the legislature this year.
Missourians who are arrested, deemed unfit to stand trial and ordered into mental health treatment are now detained in jail for an average of eight months before being transferred to a mental health …
ST. LOUIS — While the COVID-19 pandemic is the primary public health crisis, overdose deaths continue to ravage society in increasing numbers with sharp disagreements about how to address the
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A staffing crisis across Missouri mental health facilities has decreased access to care, officials told the Mental Health Commission.