Hospital staff sent teen in mental health crisis to homeless shelter A Dartmouth, N.S., family is raising concerns about how Nova Scotia hospitals handle patients in the midst of a mental health crisis. The CBC's Celina Aalders has the story. Warning: This story references suicide. WARNING: This story references self-harm and suicide. Paramedics rolled Jeremiah Dixon into the emergency department on a gurney after he'd made multiple attempts to take his own life. Less than a day later, he was discharged and sent by taxi to a local homeless shelter.  “I was scared and shocked,” the 19-year-old said in an interview at his family home in Dartmouth, N.S. “I was still like dizzy and stuff, and they just sent me off with some snacks and a ride to the shelter.…