Detroit Today: Michigan is constructing a new mental health facility in Northville
The new $325 million dollar facility will be constructed on the grounds of a former psychiatric facility.
Over the last decade, we’ve had far-reaching conversations about mental health. We now discuss it in the context of our schools; we talk about it as it relates to gun violence; we explore the issue around the ideas of loneliness and isolation that many Americans feel.
Mental health came up again when it was recently announced that the state of Michigan will be constructing a new $325 million psychiatric hospital in Northville on the grounds of an older psychiatric facility it’s meant to replace.
“After the Oxford shooting there was a lot of money invested in school psychiatrists, in school metal health resources.” — Beth LeBlanc, reporter
Listen: What the new mental health facility will mean for Michigan.
Guest
Beth LeBlanc is a reporter for the Detroit News. She says the state is in need of new mental health facilities, noting that Michigan only has five inpatient psychiatric hospitals.
“This is definitely a big deal,” says LeBlanc.
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