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Mental health teams employed by Palmetto Lowcountry Behavioral Health will stop offering on-call mobile services in Charleston, South Carolina, which is likely to increase use of emergency rooms where people can wait days for service. Palmetto, which was funded in the 1980s, was purchased by Psychiatric Solutions, Inc., a Tenn. corporation, in 2004. The company owns a chain of hospitals, out-patient services, and wilderness programs in 31 states, with seven facilities in South Carolina, and anticipates additional growth as a result of "difficult economic environments."
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