In Vermont, a growing number of mental health patients stay in emergency rooms, their stays in are getting longer — and in the past nine months, state reports showed six hospitals around Vermont have violated regulations governing the treatment of psychiatric patients.Those are some of the findings published in a story this week by Mike Faher of VTDigger. Faher's story details the state inspections that have found violations around Vermont in the handling of mental health patients.
VPR's Henry Epp spoke with Mike Faher. Listen to their full conversation above, and you can read Faher's VTDigger story here.
