You Have To Take Something Out, To Put Something In

The issue of how best to address the “housing” of consumers with psychiatric disorders in emergency rooms is one that has garnered some great responses from our readers.  My original piece on the long-term implications of the Washington ban on psychiatric boarding (see Washington Ban On Psychiatric ER Boarding May Have Longer Legs) went to press last week. And yesterday, we published one of the very insightful perspectives on the topic from Jim McCreath, President & CEO of Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey (CPNJ) – Another Perspective On Psychiatric Boarding.  I also received some great insight from another colleague, OPEN . . .