Boston Medical Center is opening an 82-bed center in Brockton for inpatient psychiatric care and substance use treatment. It will offer what many facilities don’t: care for patients who need both mental health and addiction care.
Boston Medical Center is opening an 82-bed center in Brockton for inpatient psychiatric care and substance use treatment. Housed in a former nursing home, the program will include 56 spots for patients with mental health issues and 26 for those transitioning from detox to treatment for addiction. It will offer what many facilities don’t: care for patients who need both mental health and addiction care.
“When you see the preponderance of behavioral health challenges, particularly now coming out of COVID, it makes much more sense from a systems standpoint to have a more humane and effective care continuum for patients struggling with behavioral health challenges,” said BMC’s president and CEO, Kate Walsh. “We’re really excited about it.”
The estimated $41 million cost of the project includes $12 million in state funding – part of a package of government incentives to expand behavioral health care. An anonymous donor contributed $6 million for solar and geothermal installations with a goal of producing zero carbon emissions. The Brockton center is expected to open in early October, during a season when demand for adolescent psychiatric beds often rises. This facility will care for patients 16 and older. Last week, there werestuck in hospital emergency rooms in Massachusetts, waiting for psychiatric beds.
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