Editorial: Nev. needs to address mental health
Publisher’s note: This editorial is from the Feb. 16, 2014, Las Vegas Sun.
A federal judge last week dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Nevada dumped mental health patients on other states.
The lawsuit came after a string of damning news stories about Nevada’s mental health system, and it says officials at the Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas regularly discharged patients with one-way bus tickets out of Nevada.
For Nevada, it was a technical win, but it is hardly a victory.