New Montana study highlights first-hand experiences with mental health and addiction services

One patient drove three hours to get treatment for his suicidal ideation at a Great Falls hospital. A woman described being treated “like a criminal” by police officers when she suffered a manic bipolar episode. A patient on methamphetamine and experiencing postpartum depression asked police to take her to jail instead of a hospital during her crisis with the hope that incarcerated women “would have shown me compassion” and treated her “like a person...