Clive Behavioral Health Hospital continues helping people in crisis

Clive Behavioral Health Hospital continues helping people in crisis

EGG-LAYING HENS WERE KILLED IN THE OUTBREAK. NEXT MONTH WILL MARK 2 YEARS SINCE THE CLIVE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HOSPITAL OPENED ITS DOORS. >> AND SINCE THEN, 24 HOUR FACILITY HAS HELPED MORE THAN 2000 PEOPLE FROM ACROSS IOWA. OUR MAX COTTON IS LIVE OUTSIDE THE CLINIC INC LIVE WITH MORE ON ITS IMPACT. MAX. >> WELL, GOOD MORNING. GRIFFIN AND THIS 100 BED BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CLINIC BEHIND ME. SPECIALIZES IN TREATING PEOPLE GOING THROUGH HUGE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES THAT MEANS THEY BE ACTIVELY GOING THROUGH A CRISIS NOW THE CLINICS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER DOCTOR SASCHA COACH ROBBIE SAYS THE CLINIC BOTH RECEIVES TRANSER SOME LOCAL HOSPITALS AS WELL AS PEOPLE WHO WALK IN. YOU CAN SCHEDULE A FREE MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENT ONLINE OR IF YOU OR A LOVED ONE IS IN CRISIS. YOU CAN WALK IN AND GET HELP. NOW, IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHETHER YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW, NEEDS HELP. THERE ARE THINGS TO LOOK FOR. >> IN ANY PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS REGARDLESS OF AGE. A CHANGE IN THEIR FUNCTIONING IS REALLY KEY. SO THESE FOLKS START YOU KNOW, HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEIR JOBS AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS ARE PRIMARILY, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT WE LOOK AT SCHOOL OBVIOUSLY IS A BIG THING THAT WE LOOK AT AND THEY’RE FUNCTIONING. >> NOW. DOCTOR KOSAR ABDI SAYS THIS MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL ALSO REDUCES THE BURDEN ON LOCAL EMERGENCY ROOMS BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH A CRISIS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WERE CONSIDERED NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND THIS PLACE WARRANT HERE. THEY LIKELY END UP IN THE ER. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT, MAX. IT REALLY SHOWS HOW

February will mark two years since the Clive Behavioral Health Hospital opened its doors. In those two years, the staff have helped more than 2,000 patients from across Iowa as well as helped reduce the burden on the overall health care system.