Medscape July 25, 2024
Lauren Opladen remembers the agonizing wait all too well.
At age 17, struggling with paralyzing depression after losing her brother to suicide and her father to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, her teacher suggested she seek help.
So, she did. But she had to spend 3 days inside an emergency department at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, where the Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) provides immediate care for youth and adults experiencing psychiatric emergencies.
“We were sleeping on a couch just waiting for all these services, when that’s precious time wasted,” Opladen said.
Opladen made it through that dark period, and 5 years later, she is a registered nurse at the same hospital. Every day she walks...
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