MetroHealth Helps Fill Gap in Mental Health Services with Cleveland Heights Behavioral Health Center

The MetroHealth System is filling a critical community need by opening the Cleveland Heights Behavioral Health Hospital, offering 112 inpatient beds to those who need treatment for mental illness, substance use disorder and other conditions.

The opening of the $42-million facility is believed to be the largest investment in behavioral health in Northeast Ohio in at least 30 years. The new three-story, 100,000-square-foot hospital will offer inpatient treatment for conditions including bipolar disorder, depression, addiction, mood disorders and dual diagnosis (those dealing with both a mental illness and substance abuse). The facility will offer treatment to adolescents, adults and seniors.

The hospital expects to treat about 5,000 patients a year, with an average length of stay of about a week. Patients would then transition to additional treatment after stabilization. The hospital will also offer extensive outpatient treatment. The project team includes Hasenstab Architects, Inc. and AMHigley.