East Alabama Health, a two-hospital system based in Opelika, recently opened a freestanding, $44 million mental health facility with the state’s only long-term adolescent unit. The 54,000-square-foot facility expanded the system’s space for outpatient mental health services and increased its…
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In a $21.5 million project, Syracuse, N.Y.-based St. Joseph’s Health plans to move and renovate its 30-bed inpatient psychiatric unit, according to a Dec. 26 article from The Post-Standard. St. Joseph’s Health cannot fully utilize the unit in its current…
Columbus-based OhioHealth has launched a new effort to expand access to comprehensive care for individuals with substance use disorders in rural Southeast Ohio. The Addiction Medicine Program is based at OhioHealth O’Bleness Hospital in Athens and is funded by a…
Myrtue Medical Center in Harlan, Iowa, is relocating its behavioral health department within its main medical center. The expanded clinic, which will be renamed the Mytue Mental Health Center, will be located on the second floor of the medical center…
The Pride Institute, owned by King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services, will close its inpatient addiction treatment program in Eden Prairie, Minn., on Jan. 1. Founded in 1986, the center’s residential program offered affirming care to LGBTQ+ clients in…
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San Diego, Calif.-based Rady Children’s Hospital plans to break ground in July on a three-story behavioral health building that will double its mental healthcare capacity from 24 to 48 beds, all in single rooms, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported on…
Vail (Colo.) Health has released a behavioral health survey to assess the state of behavioral health in the region and inform its future program investments, according to a Dec. 26 report from Vail Daily. The anonymous survey, developed in partnership…
The Board of County Commissioners in Multnomah County, Ore., greenlit $2.4 million Dec. 11 to partially address a $4.6 million budget gap left when the state’s largest Medicaid provider, CareOregon, rolled back spending for behavioral healthcare, according to a Dec.…
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and Langhorne, Pa.-based Woods System of Care have opened an integrated clinic in Hamilton, N.J., focused on individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, and autism. The Woods Primary and Behavioral Health Center is the first…
Sumter, S.C.-based Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital is set to open a $9.1 million, 16-bed Behavioral Health Emergency Care Unit Jan. 5, providing around-the-clock stabilization and support services. The unit will serve patients experiencing behavioral health or substance use crises, with…