East Boston Neighborhood Health Center has officially opened its new behavioral health urgent care center for children, adolescents and adults, PBS affiliate WGBH reported Nov. 9.
The service had a soft launch in October and has already treated more than 100 patients with mental and behavioral health needs. It offers same-day service for crisis evaluation, along with psychiatric medication consultation.
The service also features translation services available for patients in several different languages and is staffed by five clinicians who speak Spanish, the report said.