I am so sorry for you family, friends, and students - this is awful. Peninsula Behavior Health is a JOKE.  Our family knows adults and children who have been turned away because their situations or conditions weren't "as dire" as others. It's true - the people we know were considered low risk because they had "support" from family and friends, but it's made us stop and wonder about people with the same mental health issues and no family... what happens to the people with no one and the people who are so good at masking their pain? Why are we waiting to help people until they're in crisis?  Doesn't it make sense that some of the instances of suicide in our community could have been prevented with better proactive care? When will our community figure out a better way to help those in need of mental health treatment and provide something more than a wet bandaid?