Health systems are opening new outpatient mental health clinics, urgent care sites and inpatient units.
Here are 14 new behavioral health sites that have opened since Sept. 1.
- Winchester (Va.) Medical Center will open a new psychiatric emergency unit Oct. 29, ABC affiliate WHSV reported Oct. 17.
- A new mental health urgent care center is set to open Oct. 28 in Burlington, Vt., NPR affiliate Vermont Public reported Sept. 11. The walk-in center is a collaboration between University of Vermont Medical Center and several community organizations.
- Cleveland-based MetroHealth opened a psychiatric emergency department Oct. 16. The unit can accommodate 13 patients.
- Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, S.C., opened a new emergency psychiatric assessment unit Oct. 1. The unit will use the EmPATH — Emergency Psychiatric Assessment Treatment and Healing model — according to a news release.
- Children's Nebraska opened a new behavioral health urgent care center in Kearney, Neb., according to a Sept. 30 news release. The center will serve children and adolescents up to age 22.
- Ada S. McKinley Community Services opened a mental health clinic inside Insight Hospital in Chicago, according to a Sept. 26 news release.
- Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health opened a new clinic in Manitowoc, Wis., according to a Sept. 24 news release. The center provides partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.
- Huntsville, Ala.-based Wellstone opened a 24-bed emergency pediatric mental health unit, according to a Sept. 23 news release. The facility is the first pediatric crisis unit in Alabama.
- Morrisville, N.Y.-based Behavioral Health Services North opened a new residential crisis center in Plattsburgh, N.Y., CBS affiliate WCAX reported Sept. 17.
- Trillium Place Young Minds Center is set to open in West Peoria, Ill. this fall, NPR affiliate WCBU reported Sept. 12. The 44-bed inpatient unit is affiliated with Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health. The project cost $30 million, according to WCBU.
- St. Louis-based SSM Health opened a behavioral health urgent care in the heart of the city, according to a Sept. 11 news release. The new site is the system's second behavioral health urgent care.
- Northwell Health opened a mental health wellness center in partnership with First Baptist Church in Queens, N.Y., QNS reported Sept. 10. The center offers free counseling sessions by appointment.
- Redding, Calif.-based North American Mental Health Services opened a new clinic in downtown Red Bluff, Calif., NBC affiliate Action News Now reported Sept. 4.