AM 1240 WJON » mental illness http://wjon.com Thu, 23 May 2013 20:30:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Audit: Many Stuck In Minn. Mental Health System http://wjon.com/audit-many-stuck-in-minn-mental-health-system/ http://wjon.com/audit-many-stuck-in-minn-mental-health-system/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 03:36:59 +0000 The Associated Press http://wjon.com/?p=172059 A legislative auditor's report says hundreds of people with mental illness in Minnesota are being kept in state-run psychiatric facilities for months or years after they are ready to leave.

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