Community advocates, lawmakers and medical experts are collaborating to create an urgent care for people in mental health or addiction-related crises.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The effort to lower the stigma of getting treatment for mental illness is raising the demand for care.is urging efforts to reverse the trend -- citing a federal government projection that demand for treatment from behavioral health practitioners spanning both mental health and addiction care will go unmet by the year 2025.
Community advocates, lawmakers and medical experts are collaborating to create what is essentially urgent care for people in mental health or addiction-related crises.It will be open 24/7 to anyone 18 and older who is in mental health crisis, regardless of residency or ability to pay.
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