In an effort to spread awareness, members of the Lake County Child Death Review Team are working to partner with the Region’s communities in preventing the abuse and neglect of
Limitations on admissions
Toward the back of IU Methodist’s emergency room is a five-room area called secure holding. Someone experiencing a mental health crisis in that area is still considered an ER patient. Reis said people may stay in secure holding anywhere between a few hours or several days.
“It gives us the flexibility to again have somebody in a space that s designed more for safety,” Reis said.
There are three ways someone can legally be admitted to a psychiatric unit in Indiana:
The patient may volunteer to enter treatment, agreeing that a stay in an inpatient psychiatric unit is necessary.
Accessing Emergency Mental Health Care In Indiana Often Challenging
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Late on April 15, Brandon Hole stepped out of his car at an Indianapolis FedEx facility. Armed with a rifle, he shot and killed four people outside before moving inside to kill four more. Then Hole, 19, turned the gun on himself.
That night wasn’t Hole’s first interaction with police. In March 2020, his mother called the police because she was worried her son would try to commit “suicide by cop.” Hole was placed under immediate detention and taken to a local hospital.
Cathy Brown said she wasn’t sure what the food truck outside the Garfield Community Library in eastern Travis County was serving, but a warm meal for her family of three and her two elderly parents was welcomed.
Olaya, a food truck serving Peruvian cuisine, parked outside the library for a few hours Monday afternoon and handed out free hot meals and Monster Energy drinks to community members in need.
The mobile eatery was one of dozens of food trucks across the city that handed out free food to residents and families in the wake of the stormy Texas freeze that left many without power or water in the past several days.