Hospitals and health systems invested in new inpatient and outpatient behavioral health projects in 2024, and new substance use treatment and other clinics opened across the U.S. [Health News Illinois]

Here are 55 notable behavioral health openings this year: 

1. Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Centers opened a children's urgent recovery center in Durant, Okla., CBS affiliate KXII reported.
   
   
2. Inova Fairfax (Va.) Hospital opened a new behavioral health emergency department. The unit is the first EmPATH, or Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment and Healing unit in Northern Virginia.
   
   
3. Nonprofit organization Sweester opened a walk-in mental health clinic in Lewiston, Maine, Fox affiliate WGME reported.
   
   
4. Johns Hopkins Howard County Medical Center in Columbia, Md., opened an expanded behavioral health unit, CBS affiliate WJZ News reported. The new unit grows the center's behavioral health capacity from six patients to 24.
   
   
5. UofL Health opened a renovated medical behavioral unit at UofL Health - Mary & Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, Ky., Fox affiliate WDRB reported. The $6.6 million unit has 33 beds.
   
   
6. Santa Fe Recovery Center opened a new crisis center in Gallup, N.M, NBC affiliate KOB reported.
   
   
7. Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services opened a newly renovated clinic in Zeeland, Mich., MLive reported. The clinic began accepting patients in late September.
   
   
8. Monmouth Medical Center in Neptune, N.J., opened a remodeled outpatient crisis center.  The hospital is part of Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health. 
   
   
9. Winchester (Va.) Medical Center opened a new psychiatric emergency unit, ABC affiliate WHSV reported.
   
   
10. A new mental health urgent care center opened in  Burlington, Vt., NPR affiliate Vermont Public reported. The walk-in center is a collaboration between University of Vermont Medical Center and several community organizations.
    
    
11. Cleveland-based MetroHealth opened a psychiatric emergency department. The unit can accommodate 13 patients.
    
    
12. Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, S.C., opened a new emergency psychiatric assessment unit.The unit will use the EmPATH  — Emergency Psychiatric Assessment Treatment and Healing model — according to a news release.
    
    
13. Children's Nebraska opened a new behavioral health urgent care center in Kearney, Neb. The center will serve children and adolescents up to age 22.
    
    
14. Ada S. McKinley Community Services opened a mental health clinic inside Insight Hospital in Chicago. 
    
    
15. Oconomowoc, Wis.-based Rogers Behavioral Health opened a new clinic in Manitowoc, Wis. The center provides partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs.
    
    
16. 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.
    
    
17. Morrisville, N.Y.-based Behavioral Health Services North opened a new residential crisis center in Plattsburgh, N.Y., CBS affiliate WCAX reported Sept. 17.
    
    
18. Trillium Place Young Minds Center opened in West Peoria, Ill. this fall, NPR affiliate WCBU reported. The 44-bed inpatient unit is affiliated with Urbana, Ill.-based Carle Health. The project cost $30 million, according to WCBU.
    
    
19. St. Louis-based SSM Health opened a behavioral health urgent care center in the heart of the city. The new site is the system's second behavioral health urgent care.
    
    
20. 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.
    
    
21. Redding, Calif.-based North American Mental Health Services opened a new clinic in downtown Red Bluff, Calif., NBC affiliate Action News Now reported. 
    
    
22. The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler-based UT Health East Texas and Plano, Texas-based Oceans Healthcare partnered to expand behavioral health services in the eastern part of the state by opening a new facility and expanding an existing clinic.
    
    
23. 7. Newport (N.J.) Mental Health opened an expanded facility in the city, the Newport Daily News reported.
    
    
24. 8. The Milwaukee VA opened a multispecialty clinic offering mental healthcare in Oconomowoc, Wis., CBS affiliate WDJT reported.
    
    
25.  St Joseph's Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center unveiled an outpatient clinic in Malone, N.Y., NBC affiliate WPTZ reported.
    
    
26. Kolmac Integrated Behavioral Health opened three new facilities in Dover, Del., Hagerstown, Md., and Cumberland, Md.
    
    
27. Neenah, Wis.-based ThedaCare opened a new behavioral health clinic in Waupaca, Wis.
    
    
28. Brentwood, Tenn.-based Odyssey Behavioral Healthcare opened a new outpatient treatment facility in Troy, Mich.
    
    
29. Golisano Children's Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., opened a walk-in pediatric urgent care center to treat behavioral health concerns.
    
    
30.  Baptist Health La Grange opened an 11-bed inpatient behavioral health unit in La Grange, Ky.
    
    
31. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson intends to reopen the Roseland Mental Health Center and open two new mental health service sites on the city's West Side by the end of 2025.
    
    
32.  Ohio opened a new 208-bed, state-run behavioral health hospital in Columbus.
    
    
33. Gesinger relocated its outpatient mental health services from its main hospital campus to a dedicated outpatient center in its Hughes Center South building in Danville, Pa.
    
    
34. University of Washington Medicine opened a 150-bed, $244 million behavioral health facility in Seattle on its UW Medical Center - Northwest campus.
    
    
35.  UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital in Harvey, Ill., added 15 inpatient beds to its behavioral health unit to better meet a growing need for mental health services
    
    

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