ABH acquires Oakwood Remedy Heart in North Carolina, USA
Acute Behavioral Well being (ABH) has taken over Oakwood Remedy Heart, a psychiatric residential therapy facility (PRTF) in North Carolina, USA.
Beforehand a part of the Nova Behavioral Well being Community, the ability in Kinston will function beneath new property and a brand new title whereas he continues to serve the area people.
Oakwood presents an extraterrestrial therapy for sufferers aged 12-17 who want Intensive Care, as decided by psychological well being care and social service suppliers.
Throughout the therapy they stay in a really guided surroundings in particular person quarters.
A psychiatrist supervises the therapy, whereas licensed clinicians supply intensive remedy companies. Nursing care is accessible 24/7 and all younger folks take part in the suitable instructional programming at grad stage.
ABH CEO Mike McCulla stated: “It’s a privilege to have the ability to supply continuity of care and behavioral well being companies for younger folks challenged with severe emotional and psychiatric wants by way of the Oakwood therapy heart.
“Oakwood's therapy heart design, crew tradition and values correspond to our mission and the potential of providing intensive therapy companies to younger folks with a give attention to decreasing the care ranges as shortly as clinically as doable and in the end they reunite again to a protected house surroundings.”
ABH has a community of intramural PRTFs and has outpatient behavioral well being applications for younger folks.
The initiatives are in accordance with the Federal Household First Prevention Providers Act, which focuses on conserving kids with their households and decreasing placements in state detention for therapy entry.
In July 2022, ABH Hallmark Youthcare, the brief -term therapy program of Virginia, took over. The acquisition included 82 intramural PRTF beds for younger folks with behavioral and psychological well being wants.
