Wisconsin Agency Cuts Waiting Time For Mental Health Care

Circle Connections: New Products & Services The main mental health agency for Dane County's needy residents drastically reduced its long-term waiting lists and rapidly expanded its caseload over the last 10 months. For five years before it began changing operating procedures in March, Journey Mental Health Center maintained long waiting lists for addicts and young people seeking mental health care, and simply wouldn't accept new adults for mental health treatment until their symptoms reached a crisis stage that put them in an emergency room, said Sue Moran, outpatient services director. Changes in scheduling and therapeutic practices - including . . .