MARTINSBURG — WVU Medicine Berkeley Medical Center and University Healthcare Physicians opened a caller situation stabilization halfway successful Martinsburg connected Wednesday.
What was formerly known arsenic Paloma Crisis Stabilization and Detox Center is present WVU Medicine Crisis Support and Recovery Center, located connected Wilson Street successful Martinsburg.
According to WVU Medicine officials, the installation volition supply short-term attraction for patients needing contiguous attraction for a behavioral wellness crisis, including substance usage disorders and intelligence wellness illnesses.
“Our person-centered programme volition absorption connected delivering optimal diligent attraction done compassion, knowing and innovation,” Alexandria “Nikki” Arvon, M.D., situation halfway aesculapian director, said successful the property release. “We volition supply a harmless and supportive situation that allows our patients the abstraction to heal and grow.”
The halfway features a 16-bed situation facility, co-ed for ages 18 and above, focusing connected acute detox and intelligence wellness stabilization. Services astatine the installation volition see medicine management, retreat management, idiosyncratic and radical therapies, lawsuit absorption and discharge readying and nursing services.
“Hospitals crossed the state person seen an summation successful behavioral wellness patients successful the exigency department, creating longer hold times and overcrowding,” Michael Ang-Rabanes, M.D., main of behavioral health, said successful the authoritative release. “This caller situation halfway volition springiness our infirmary exigency departments an further attraction enactment that is adjacent to location for due behavioral wellness patients.”
Sarah Guthrie, manager of behavioral wellness services astatine Berkeley Medical Center, explained that the extremity of opening the halfway is to service the community.
“We person a request present for not lone detox work but besides lower-level intelligence wellness stabilization,” she said.
Ang-Rabanes added that the halfway unit volition beryllium comprised of a multi-disciplinary squad moving astatine the halfway to supply palmy care.
“This is an breathtaking accidental for us, and we are ace excited to person this determination forward,” helium said. “It is simply a cardinal summation to the assemblage to supply resources for addiction attraction and besides behavioral wellness needs.”
Michael Londner, M.D., vice president of aesculapian affairs astatine Berkeley Medical Center, described this opening arsenic a stepping-stone.
“There are a batch of chill things to travel successful the future,” helium said.
Samantha Richards, vice president of diligent attraction services and main nursing serviceman with Berkeley and Jefferson aesculapian centers, expressed excitement for the halfway and its aboriginal successful Martinsburg.
“We person a large squad who has been moving connected this,” she said.
Richards explained that each Medicaid patients’ security volition beryllium accepted, and determination volition besides beryllium a self-pay enactment if needed.
CSRC is located astatine 415 Wilson St. successful Martinsburg and is officially open.
For much accusation astir the WVU Medicine Crisis Support and Recovery Center, telephone 304-596-2899 and inquire to talk with a lawsuit manager.
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