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https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2022/09/JeffWhite_02-resized.jpg30002000In many cities, social workers and counselors are responding to mental health emergencies that used to be solely handled by police. That approach is spreading to rural areas even though mental health professionals are scarcer and travel distances are longer.