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Archive Home > 2010 > February > 27 > New focus on local mental care, but money woes lurk

New focus on local mental care, but money woes lurk

By Erin Golden / The Bulletin
February 27, 2010

The suicide of a 51-year-old woman who jumped to her death in a Bend hospital lobby in 2008 drew attention to a system stretched thin by a growing demand for mental health services.

The Redmond woman had struggled with mental health issues since she was a teenager, and in the months before she....

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