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Tim Murphy: “We need 100,000, because people with an acute phase of psychotic break need a place to go besides a five-point tie down…”

On the recordMarch 16, 2016
We need 100,000, because people with an acute phase of psychotic break need a place to go besides a five-point tie down in an emergency room or being put in jail or being sent to the county morgue.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Advocating for more mental health facilities to address acute psychiatric crises.

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