Keller - Roanoke - Northeast Fort Worth | June 2023

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Without the new Medical City Mental Health & Wellness-Alliance facility, the nearest provider of mental health services is over 15 miles away, which translates to 20-40 minutes of distance by car.

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1 Perimeter Behavioral Hospital of Arlington 2 Texas Health Behavioral Health Hospital Arlington CURRENT OPTIONS There are seven mental health providers in western portion of the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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Medical City Mental Health & Wellness-Alliance will feature 88 beds, an outdoor healing garden and a courtyard space designed for physical activity. COURTESY MEDICAL CITY ALLIANCE

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health care providers. It includes 16 hospitals, four o-campus emergency rooms, 12 ambulatory sur- gery centers, 5,000 active physicians and 17,000 employees in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. According to Brandy Hart, regional vice president of behavioral services HCA Healthcare, Medical City Alliance was chosen as the site for the new mental health and wellness facility to ll a void of mental health care available in northeast Fort Worth. “The nearest provider of mental health services to this area is over 15 miles away,” Hart said. “So you’re looking at anywhere from 20 to 40 minutes of dis- tance between the consumer and getting care.” Because the new mental health and wellness facil- ity will treat a variety of issues for people of all ages, Hart said Medical City Alliance is using a multidis- ciplinary stang model. Nurses, licensed clinicians, therapists, social workers and psychiatrists will be working alongside mental health technicians who will help with patient observation and engagement.

disorders, the new 65,000-square-foot facility will feature 88 beds—24 for adolescents, 48 for adults and 16 for senior adults/geriatrics—an outdoor healing gar- den; a courtyard space for physical activity, such as yoga; games; and design elements focused on natural lighting and open oor plans in common areas. A surge in numbers During his speech at the groundbreaking event, Eric Paul, president of behavioral services at HCA Healthcare, said statistics show one in ve people suer from mental health issues. But based upon what he and his sta see across their company, that number is actually closer to one in four, he said. “Last year alone, we saw almost 400,000 patients in our emergency rooms with the discharge diagno- sis of mental health or substance abuse,” Paul said. “And the tragedy about this is that more than half of these people don’t go on to get the care and services they need.”

The need for more mental health care in the north Fort Worth area comes along with the surge in pop- ulation. Sally Aldridge, president of the Metroport Chamber—which supports the business commu- nity in the greater north Fort Worth area, including Argyle, Justin, Northlake, Roanoke, Trophy Club and Westlake—said the area population was 70,605 in 2015 when Medical City Alliance rst opened. Fast forward to 2022, and Aldridge said that the popula- tion has nearly doubled to 137,000. Aldridge also projected the area’s population will grow to more than 160,000 residents by 2027. “The current mental health statistics are alarming both nationally and in the state of Texas,” Aldridge said. “I’m grateful Medical City is going to provide a much needed facility in our region.” Filling a void According to its website, Medical City Healthcare is one of the region’s largest, most comprehensive

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