re: ER Doc says assaults against doctors and medical pros on the rise

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What can be done to curb the psych patient problem?

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I really don't know how to limit the number of mental health patients, tbh. Our country is dealing with a mental health and substance abuse crisis at the moment.

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Why were the funny farms abolished?

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If I'm being honest, it's largely a financial thing. With current regulation, medicaid/medicare reimbursement, etc., they just don't make much money for non-state owned companies.

State wards have been shuttered as well and the private sector hasn't picked up the slack.

I know my company is investing big into it at the moment and not why you'd think. We won't make money on the psych patients themselves, but we will make money by clearing them out of the ER for other patient populations. We've learned we have to put them somewhere.