Nearly 100 mental health patients use new Retreat transportation program

The Keene Sentinel

As of the start of June, 96 people had used a pilot transportation program launched in March that brings mental health patients from emergency rooms in Vermont and New Hampshire to inpatient treatment at the Brattleboro Retreat.

"It’s having an impact immediately for our area," said Erik Rosenbauer, spokesperson at the Brattleboro Retreat.

The Retreat, a psychiatric and addiction treatment center, created the program in partnership with Rescue Inc., a Brattleboro-based emergency medical services company. The hope is to reduce the time adults and children seeking voluntary mental health treatment spend waiting in emergency rooms.

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