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COMBATING CRISIS
Emergency Department Boarding
The average wait time for psychiatric patients in emergency rooms ranges between
8 and 34 hours!
people needing treatment can access Common Ground’s many Crisis Services directly, bypassing the hospital all together.
Over 3,500
people were able to receive crisis services at Common Ground instead of Emergency Departments, last year.
Reducing Distress
Common Ground receives more than
50,000
calls, texts and chats, each year to its Resource and Crisis Helpline.
83%
reported measurable improvement by the end of the call!
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