Michigan is looking to improve mental health care for kids and teens. Here's what's could change.

We're continuing our discussion of the lack of inpatient psychiatric beds for children and teens in Michigan.

This time we're talking about solutions and giving you a look at what's being done right now.

Michigan is in the processover mental health care.

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But this time we'llexplain what's in the workfour years ago, 2017, a nuthe hospital association,State Department, Health aclients, patients physiciathere's a lack of psychiatand kids.

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