Executive Briefings | October 27, 2014
Another Perspective On Psychiatric Boarding
Last week I took on a topic that recently gained judicial attentions in Washington State: “psychiatric boarding,” the practice of holding consumers in psychiatric emergencies in hospital emergency departments while waiting for admission to a psychiatric facility (see Washington Ban On Psychiatric ER Boarding May Have Longer Legs).
Deemed unconstitutional in Washington State, “psychiatric boarding” has sparked a number of questions about the adequacy of the mental health service network – particularly the community-based service network. During my assessments of the situation . . .