Rural NC Hospital Opens More Psychiatric Beds to Meet Rising Mental Health Need

A hospital in Avery County is converting regular hospital beds to psychiatric beds as the number of behavioral health referrals increases in the region.

On Nov. 15, the doors of the new Appalachian Regional Behavioral Health Hospital officially opened to the public. The new 27-bed adult behavioral health hospital is under the same roof as Cannon Memorial but has a separate entrance.

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