FRANCESCA FRANCHINA, MS Ed. speaks with Dr. Sylvia Gleason, DO, about mental health care in the hospital emergency room; mental health viewed as a “Non-Disease,” the lack of adequate insurance coverage and facilities for mental health patients, prescription drugs reaching epidemic proportions; the demand for prescription drugs fueled by advertising leading to the demand for harder drugs such as heroin; the death toll of drug abuse; its cost in dollars and personhood; and what can be done about all of these issues regarding mental health and drug abuse in general.
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