Walker Open to Stripping County of Mental Health Oversight

Walker open to stripping county of mental health oversight
Despite repeated calls for a shift to more care in the community going back decades, the county spends 56% of its mental health budget on expensive inpatient care, including emergency room services. The national average is 36%. In Dane County, which … Read more on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

ProHealth confirms mental-health pact with Rogers
Rogers Behavioral Health System will manage Waukesha Memorial Hospital's 22-bed inpatient psychiatric unit and adult mental health partial-hospital program. A three-year contract was announced Tuesday by Summit-based Rogers and Waukesha … Read more on The Business Journal of Milwaukee

Letter: Cantu's Killer on Suicide Watch
In the walls of CIW, Huckaby is being held in the “PIP” or “Psychiatric Inpatient Program” and has been on suicide watch. The letter is brief, one page of single spaced sentences, almost eerily childlike, not saying anything of consequence beyond … Read more on KTXL