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Mental health respite facilities are filling care gaps in more than a dozen states
Aimee Quicke has made repeated trips to emergency rooms, hospitals, behavioral health facilities and psychiatric lockdowns for mental health crises — including suicidal thoughts — since she was 11. The 40-year-old resident of Le Mars, Iowa, has bipolar and obsessive-compulsive disorders. “Some of the visits were helpful and some were not,” she said. “It was […]