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Virginia state hospitals resume limited TDO admissions, amid VHHA response - State of Reform

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Editorial: Impacts of mental health crisis could expand

Editor’s note: This is the second of a two-part editorial. The first part appeared Monday. The sudden curtailing of admissions to state mental hospitals sent a “shock wave” through the entire system, said state Sen. Emmett Hanger, R-Augusta. That wave is expected to spread to the law enforcement system and exacerbate an already difficult relationship between policing and mental health. Unfortunately, many patients enter the mental health system through the doors of local police and sheriff’s departments — often literally. When people experience a crisis so severe that it endangers themselves or others, law enforcement often is called. And if hospital beds can’t be found for these crisis patients, what is the alternative?

After losing son to suicide, Virginia senator pushes for mental health reform

After losing son to suicide, Virginia senator pushes for mental health reform Sen. Creigh Deeds said Virginia must fund worker pay increases to make these kinds of jobs more attractive and find ways to get more mental health services workers in the job pipeline. By: Jake Burns and last updated 2021-07-12 19:23:00-04 BATH COUNTY, Va. Since his son died by suicide and attacked him during a mental health emergency seven years ago, State Senator Creigh Deeds has called reforming mental health services in the Commonwealth a “life’s work.” He said that he wasn t surprised when behavioral health officials announced a pause in admission at five of eight state-run mental health facilities because of safety and staffing concerns.

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