Overflowing Demand for Mental Health Care Stretches U.S. Hospitals

Source: CBS News - HealthU.S. hospitals and clinics are stretched well beyond their capacity to treat patients who need mental health care, according to new federal data — utilizing 144% of inpatient beds designated for psychiatric treatment. The figure underscores a long ongoing crisis in the country's shortage of psychiatric inpatient beds. Recent evidence suggests that far more mental health patients are hospitalized than there is designated beds to treat them.