Like many facilities across the state, Heywood Hospital struggled to hire and retain doctors during a mental health crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. This month, it will open six new beds.
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“We cannot treat our way out of the mental health crisis that we’re in right now,” Kat Allen, a co-coordinator of the Communities that Care Coalition of Franklin County and North Quabbin, said.
BOSTON The COVID pandemic exacerbated a behavioral health crisis, particularly in western Massachusetts, highlighting an urgent need for accessible community services, lawmakers and western Massachusetts behavioral health care leaders agreed during.
BOSTON The COVID pandemic exacerbated a behavioral health crisis, particularly in western Massachusetts, highlighting an urgent need for accessible community services, lawmakers and western Massachusetts behavioral health care leaders agreed during.