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increased ER visits

many stick figure people in front of a real hospital emergency patient registration sign, they represent all the people in mental health crisis who sit in the emergency department waiting for a psychiatric bed

Hospital officials across North Carolina say they’ve seen increased rates of mental health patients, particularly children, showing up at emergency departments in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Photo credit: Taylor Knopf

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