Decline in Psychiatric Beds Associated with Increase in...
November 3, 2016
This November 3, 2016 JAMA Viewpoint suggests the apparent association between a reduction of psychiatric beds and increasing suicide rates in the United States. The article proposes that the US needs to expand inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities to prevent suicides Currently, the United States has a relatively low 22 psychiatric beds per 100 000 population compared… Read More