{"id":13616,"date":"2013-12-02T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/dhhs-seeks-to-curb-mental-crisis-er-visits\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T11:58:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T16:58:17","slug":"dhhs-seeks-to-curb-mental-crisis-er-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/dhhs-seeks-to-curb-mental-crisis-er-visits\/","title":{"rendered":"DHHS Seeks To Curb Mental Crisis ER Visits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Crisis Solutions Coalition meets for the first time Dec. 9 in a statewide effort to reduce the number of emergency room visits for those experiencing a mental health crisis.<\/p>\n<p>At issue is a lack of alternatives for crisis treatment, which drives a growing number of patients in the state to hospital emergency departments or to jails.<\/p>\n<p>In November, N.C. 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