Imagine this: children, often dealing with their own mental health challenges and involvement with child protective services, end up spending days, weeks, and sometimes even longer in hospital emergency rooms. Their long stays in the emergency room are not because they need medical treatment, but because there is nowhere else for them to go. Nicholle Karim, NCHA Vice President, Policy Development sits down with Paula Bird, Vice President, Psychiatry and Mental Health Institute at Novant Health, to discuss the challenges shaping this trend.