Inpatient mental health hospitalizations in the Chicago metropolitan area, IL, USA: A spatial and demographic analysisdoi:10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100538Ofuje Blessing AmuneDepartment of Geography & Geographic Information Sciences, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois, USAStacey Brown AmilianDepartment of Geography & Geographic...
A December 2022 American Academy of Pediatrics study found more than a quarter of children who went to ERs for mental health issues were hospitalized — either in ERs or in mental health facilities — within six months. And about 26.5% were back in the ER within a week. Dr. Sandra DeJong...
Nneka Jones, a psychologist in charge of mental health strategy at the jail, says access to mental health services in close proximity to one’s home is critical. “I think that’s the biggest challenge: access,” she says. “There is a shortage of [psychiatric] inpatient, outpatient and r...
Then came a glimmer of hope. After Marks’s release from jail, Mitchell learned that Mercy Hospital and Medical Center in the South Loop would accept CountyCare insurance. The hospital agreed to provide a two-week inpatient stay, followed by eight weeks of outpatient care, at no cost to the...