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Editorâs note: This is the second of a two-part editorial. The first part appeared Monday.
The sudden curtailing of admissions to state mental hospitals sent a âshock waveâ through the entire system, said state Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta.
That wave is expected to spread to the law enforcement system and exacerbate an already difficult relationship between policing and mental health.
Unfortunately, many patients enter the mental health system through the doors of local police and sheriffâs departments â often literally. When people experience a crisis so severe that it endangers themselves or others, law enforcement often is called.
And if hospital beds canât be found for these crisis patients, what is the alternative?
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After losing son to suicide, Virginia senator pushes for mental health reform
Sen. Creigh Deeds said Virginia must fund worker pay increases to make these kinds of jobs more attractive and find ways to get more mental health services workers in the job pipeline.
By: Jake Burns
and last updated 2021-07-12 19:23:00-04
BATH COUNTY, Va. Since his son died by suicide and attacked him during a mental health emergency seven years ago, State Senator Creigh Deeds has called reforming mental health services in the Commonwealth a âlifeâs work.â
He said that he wasn t surprised when behavioral health officials announced a pause in admission at five of eight state-run mental health facilities because of safety and staffing concerns.
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