I work in healthcare in Portland - our mental health system really feels like it's on life support from all of the recent trauma and the large number of transpl

I work in healthcare in Portland - our mental health system really feels like it's on life support from all of the recent trauma and the large number of transplants to the city. I have a friend who was having serious depression and went to the ED feigning SI because they knew if they did inpatient they could meet with a psychiatrist - otherwise they were looking at months of waiting.