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DES MOINES, Iowa  —  On Tuesday November 14th Channel 13 News and UnityPoint Health held a join town hall event at Methodist Medical Center examining the current state of Iowa’s mental health care system.

“Mental State” brought together a family who lost their son to suicide, doctors, politicians and advocates who discussed the holes in Iowa’s mental health care system and what can be done to correct them.