{"id":16623,"date":"2015-07-21T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T18:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mentalhe180dev.wpenginepowered.com\/news\/mental-health-crisis\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T09:10:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:10:57","slug":"mental-health-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.grafik.mentalhealthfirstaid.org\/es\/news\/mental-health-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Do During a Mental Health Crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All American youngsters know the rules: Don&#8217;t take candy from strangers, play nice in the sandbox and call 911 during an emergency.\u00a0But what if the emergency is related to mental health?\u00a0More than 4 million people visited the emergency room due to a mental health condition\u00a0from 2009\u00a0to\u00a02010, according to\u00a0the latest\u00a0data from the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 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