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How Missed Deadlines Are Preventing Mentally Ill People From Getting Treatment In King County

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Steve Scher talks with journalist Brian Rosenthal about why King County mental health professionals are routinely missing deadlines to provide psychiatric evaluations — causing potentially dangerous patients to be released. Rosenthal reported the story for the Seattle Times. He now reports for The Houston Chronicle.

Year started with KUOW: 2006