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Alison Yocom sobbed uncontrollably as she stumbled and collapsed on the living room floor of her south Minneapolis home.
For 10 days, Yocom had pleaded with hospital staff to admit her 17-year-old son to a psychiatric unit where he could receive treatment for his suicidal depression and anxiety. But for 10 days, she watched in frustration as he languished on a metal gurney in a windowless room of a hospital emergency room, where his condition worsened to the point that he threatened to kill himself.
Exasperated, Yocom wondered if he would ever receive the psychiatric care he needed. I kept asking myself, Am I bad mom for taking him to the emergency room? Yocom said. He was getting sicker and sicker with each passing day.
Isot sairaalat äärirajoilla ja jopa kriisissä: itsetuhoinen nuori voi saada hoitoa vain kerran kuussa – professori varoittaa laman virheistä
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Nuorten hätä on kasvanut avunantokykyä suuremmaksi – Sekasin-chatin päivystäjä: Mietin huolestuneena että kuka näitä kaikkia nuoria ehtisi auttamaan
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