Turning Point adds unit for management of mentally ill patients

YOUNGSTOWN — Turning Point Counseling Services, a private nonprofit agency that provides mental health and substance addiction counseling, has broken ground for an addition that will increase the number of inpatient beds in its Crisis Stabilization Unit from 12 to 18.

In addition to the additional six beds, the 1,230-square-foot, $246,000 project, financed on a 50-50 basis by the Mahoning County Mental Health Board and the Ohio Department of Mental Health, will include a group therapy room. The addition is expected to be finished by the end of the year, said Joseph Sylvester, executive director.

The crisis stabilization unit, under the supervision of Pam Price, a registered nurse, provides individual and group counseling and crisis intervention and management for mentally ill patients suffering with conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar and depression. It provides the least-restrictive level of care. The next step is the hospital, she said.

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