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More than 100 people have benefited from a ‘hospital without walls,’ but state cuts are threatening their gains - The Boston Globe

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Suffering from bipolar disorder and experiencing psychotic episodes, Linda Ivy Crowder used to wander the streets all night and frequently get picked up by the police and taken to the hospital. Nearly as soon as she was released, she would end up back in the emergency room.

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