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Day passes for vulnerable patients of psychiatric hospitals can have dangerous, even fatal consequences.

June 21, 2017

Woodruff E. Baltimore Sun. June 9, 2017.

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Psychiatric patients are vulnerable to particular safety hazards. This news article reports on unintended consequences associated with a strategy to help patients adapt to being discharged home by providing passes for them to adjust to independent living.

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