The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Technology, Management & Budget announced a new inpatient psychiatric hospital will be built in southeastern Michigan at the current site of Hawthorn Center in Northville (pictured).
The new hospital is being made possible by a $325 million budget allocation. It will care for patients currently served at both Hawthorn Center and Walter P. Reuther Psychiatric Hospital in Westland.
The two facilities serve nearly 200 patients and are among the state’s five inpatient psychiatric hospitals for individuals who have severe mental illness or intellectual and developmental disabilities. Hawthorn Center opened its doors in 1956, while Walter Reuther began operations in 1979, and need to be replaced due to aging infrastructure. Read more.
