Tag: Behavioral Health

Acadia Hospital Responds to the Demand for Psychiatric Care Across the State of Maine

Acadia Hospital Responds to the Demand for Psychiatric Care Across the State of Maine Responding to the overwhelming need for appropriate psychiatric care facilities in the State of Maine, Northern Light Health’s Acadia Hospital is moving forward with a new Children and Adolescent inpatient building, renovations to their existing inpatient building and expanding outpatient programs. […]

Children in Crisis Need More Than Emergency Departments Can Offer

In June of 2021, 33 children and adolescents experiencing a mental health crisis were boarding in NH emergency departments (ED).* The state of their condition has created safety concerns within their own homes and transferring to an available child-focused inpatient psychiatric bed can take weeks or longer. A child whose world is out of proportion […]