This is possibly terrible news for mental health care….

Many Psychiatric Units Went Offline During The Pandemic. Healthcare Workers Wonder If They’ll Ever Return - Gothamist 🔗 🗽 🇺🇸 🧠 👨🏽‍⚕️ 👩🏽‍⚕️ 🦠

While the state Office of Mental Health told Gothamist/WNYC there’s still sufficient capacity to treat psychiatric patients who need to be hospitalized, mental health advocates and psychiatric nurses are ringing alarm bells, in part, because there is no set timeline for bringing the units back. Although OMH and hospitals insist the closures are temporary, critics are worried hospitals will take advantage of the pandemic to permanently eliminate psychiatric units, which have already been on the chopping block in recent years.