EAST GREENWICH – Lifespan, the largest health system in Rhode Island, has opened an outpatient psychiatry and urgent care center at 1454 South Country Trail.
Designed to integrate Lifespan’s behavioral services with those of Gateway Healthcare, the center becomes the area’s first walk-in urgent care center for mental health needs.
“Rhode Island is ranked among the nation’s highest for people with serious mental health issues,” said Dr. Daniela Boerescu, director of Lifespan outpatient Psychiatry and Urgent Care. “Our goal in opening this location is to provide urgent care and outpatient services to make mental health services more accessible, especially to those people who need attention right away.”
Urgent mental health care is available at the new center to those 18 years and older, with onsite mental health assessment, crisis psychiatry as necessary, crisis stabilization services, and family education and support.
An onsite team at the facility consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, and community treatment specialists.
The center will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday.
