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Globe Spotlight report: Closure of state mental hospitals has left many without care

Suzanne Kreiter / The Boston Globe

State-run mental health hospitals have been shut down at alarming rates over the years, stranding many who are in need of care, a new Spotlight report from The Boston Globe found.

Government officials have cut hundreds of millions of dollars from mental health care spending in the last 50 years, the Globe reported.

Psychiatric hospitals were closed, with community service providers left to bear the burden with minimal funds — and a system in which they lose funds with every patient they serve.

The lack of state oversight has had tragic consequences, Spotlight found.

Read the full Spotlight report here.

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