Penn Highlands Healthcare Prepares To Open New State-of-the-Art Center for Behavioral Health
Penn Highlands Healthcare is at the pulse of the region's behavioral health needs with the opening of the Stern Center for Behavioral Health. Located at Penn Highlands DuBois East, this new $22 million hospital offers unparalleled inpatient and outpatient therapeutic care to help children and adolescents manage their emotions and deal with life situations. A staff of licensed professionals develops individualized and structured treatment plans using a multidisciplinary approach to address the unique behavioral health needs of children and adolescents. In addition, the new Center will offer addiction medicine, and expanded outpatient behavioral health services for adults.
The building is designed to keep patients safe and comfortable. Features include:
- A total of 44 child and adolescent beds.
- Private inpatient rooms.
- A safe, secure and supportive environment.
- Private and separate inpatient and outpatient entrances.
- Walk-in Clinic for children, adolescents and adults in crisis. (Opening late 2022)
- Outpatient Center for counseling and assessment for mild to severe behavioral health conditions.
- Comfortable Group Therapy Rooms.
- A courtyard and several atriums that provide a tranquil environment.
Areas designed especially for children include:
- Engaging Play Therapy Rooms.
- A safe, functional Gym for physical exercise.
- An uplifting Sensory Stimulation Room.
- A calming Seclusion Room where children and adolescents are free from outside stimulus.
- A 12-desk Classroom for continued learning.
- A Cafeteria for group dining.
