North Carolina caps beds at psychiatric hospitals
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When short-term wards of North Carolina's state psychiatric hospitals reach 110% of capacity, the facilities will stop accepting transfers from community hospitals, according to mental health officials. Advocates and family members worry that implementing such a policy will cause back ups in community hospitals and emergency rooms, and that the system will be inflexible for people in crisis. Some hospitals have seen a 10 percent hike in admissions in the past year.
