A lack of mental health resources is draining Baton Rouge’s finances and clogging its bloated ERs and parish prison

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Joe, 55, suffers from schizophrenia. He lives in a Baton Rouge retirement and assisted living community, sees a psychiatrist and a social worker every six months, and takes three medications that help him sleep. For 30 years, he has made regular visits to the Alliance House Drop-In Center on North 12th Street. Other than his family,

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