Northeast Ohioans will soon have access to more immediate mental health and substance abuse help. Cuyahoga County will be home to some of the state’s first behavioral health urgent care centers.
Non-profit health organization The Centers recently received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board of Cuyahoga County to establish Behavioral Health Urgent Care centers at its University Circle and Gordon Square locations.
At the same time, demand for services has grown; Morse said the availability of those services has been hampered by staffing shortages and scarce funding. The BHUC care teams at each location will be made up of a psychiatric provider, registered nurse, licensed social worker/licensed counselor, care coordinator, and client service representative.
Morse hopes urgent care resources, along with the launch of the national mental health emergency line 988, will help improve outcomes.“If they can just know that there’s help and that they’re going to start to feel a little better in the future, that does just so much for that person,” he said. “I really do hope that that kind of access will help alleviate the distress that leads to people taking their own life units. People are suffering.
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