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Simitian: 'Significant' need for inpatient psych beds for teens

Original post made on May 25, 2015

Calling the lack of hospital beds for youth in mental health crises "a real and significant need," Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian is pushing for county staff to analyze the feasibility of opening an inpatient unit for children and adolescents.

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Posted by Ellen Wheeler
a resident of Blossom Valley
on May 25, 2015 at 10:58 pm

Thank you, Supervisor Simitian, for taking this on. Vulnerable kids and their parents need your leadership on this.


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