Lancaster County Responds To Mental Health Needs With New Facility

Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital (LBHH) recently opened a new $30 million, 77,000-square-foot behavioral health facility. The new facility will expand access to inpatient and outpatient mental health treatment in a region that was shown by a Penn Medicine Lancaster-led community health assessment to be underserved in regards of behavioral health.

The new facility seeks to meet the needs of the more than 30,000 adults in the region with a diagnosed behavioral health condition, which is also anticipated to positively impact these individuals’ physical health. The unit is accomplishing this by providing 126 beds and several . . .