Messenger: Need state mental health care in Missouri? Get arrested.

Tony Messenger | Post-Dispatch Metro columnist Author facebook Author linkedin Author twitter Author email Get email notifications on {{subject}} daily! Your notification has been saved. There was a problem saving your notification. {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Followed notifications Please log in to use this feature Don't have an account? Sign Up Today Five years ago, Pastor Erin Counihan alerted St. Louis leaders to an under-the-radar problem. At the time, she was leading Oak Hill Presbyterian Church in the Tower Grove neighborhood. Holly Kent, right, of St. Louis, receives ashes on her forehead on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2018, from the Rev. Erin Counihan, then pastor of Oak Hill Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. Christian Gooden, Post-Dispatch kAmr@F?:92? H2D DA626?[ ECJ:?8 E@ 86E E96> E@ C2:D6 E96:C 6>A2E9J BF@E:6?E 7@C A6@A=6 :? 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