U of Washington Medicine opens new $244M behavioral health center

University of Washington Medicine opened a 150-bed, $244 million behavioral health facility in Seattle. 

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The six-story facility includes 75 long-term civil commitment beds, 50 acute-care medical surgical beds for patients who also have mental health conditions and 25 geropsychiatric beds, according to a May 15 news release. The center was built on the UW Medical Center – Northwest campus. 

The Center for Behavioral Health and Learning will also host an interdisciplinary training and workforce development program.

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