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Parents of mentally ill plead for expanded services at Arizona State Hospital
“I lost two kids that day,” Ramirez said.
She told her story during a public hearing last week on how best to use open space at the 93-acre Arizona State Hospital, a project dubbed the Center for Psychiatric Excellence.
In May, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law legislation allowing private companies to lease space on the hospital grounds to provide emergency and long-term psychiatric and behavioral health services. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, possible uses include urgent psychiatric services, a residential treatment center, a freestanding psychiatric emergency room and other pediatric and adolescent services.
Ramirez joined a chorus of parents and behavioral health experts who identified gaps in the system meant to serve the severely mentally ill.
She told her story during a public hearing last week on how best to use open space at the 93-acre Arizona State Hospital, a project dubbed the Center for Psychiatric Excellence.
In May, Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law legislation allowing private companies to lease space on the hospital grounds to provide emergency and long-term psychiatric and behavioral health services. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, possible uses include urgent psychiatric services, a residential treatment center, a freestanding psychiatric emergency room and other pediatric and adolescent services.
Ramirez joined a chorus of parents and behavioral health experts who identified gaps in the system meant to serve the severely mentally ill.
Read more: http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2017/11/24/parents-of-mentally-ill-plead-for-expanded-services-at-arizona-state-hospital/