LA Blade: Gateways Hospital breaks ground on new mental health wing for youth addressing rise in needs

Gateways Mental Health is adding 37 beds for adolescent inpatient behavioral health treatment, a project designed to give a lifeline to struggling populations, according to CEO Phil Wong, PsyD. In February, the Los Angeles-based provider broke ground on a 27,000 square-foot addition to its main campus to house additional inpatient behavioral health beds. Once completed,…

The 27,000-square-foot Echo Park hospital wing will house 37 adolescent inpatient beds with a focus on at-risk youth battling eating disorders, gender identity issues, and trauma. Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Center (Los Angeles) held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of construction on a new hospital wing to house a youth psychiatric hospital,…

Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Centers in Los Angeles held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for a new hospital wing to service at-risk youth with mental health needs. Read the full article here.

Nurse Maria Sanchez often sees the hesitance from Latino families when it comes to talking about mental illness. Some of the main factors are stigma and culture. However, the clinical education manager at Gateways Hospital in Echo Park has learned the importance of approaching people with compassion, in Spanish if needed, and with an understanding…

Los Angeles-based Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center touches almost every aspect of behavioral healthcare — and has plans to do more. The organization, founded in 1953, provides care to children and adults in inpatient and outpatient settings at nine sites in Southern California. The system provides care for individuals involved in the criminal justice…

As a psychiatric nurse at Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center, Meredith Mead has dedicated her work to helping heal patients with mental health issues. Watch the full segment here.