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 system and for homeless individuals.
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,…
Gateways is one of the largest providers of acute adolescent mental health services in Los Angeles County The hospital broke ground on a new 27,000 square-foot youth mental health center yesterday during a breaking ground ceremony in Echo Park, with Los Angeles City Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez (CD-13), and other political leaders. Gateways Hospital serves a…
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…
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.