Lurie expands inpatient psychiatric unit amid ongoing youth mental health care shortage

Source WBEZ
Original Load Date Dec. 11, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Last Updated Dec. 11, 2025, 6:02 p.m.
Original URL https://www.wbez.org/health-medicine/2025/12/11/lurie-inpatient-psychiatric-unit-youth-mental-health-care-autism-developmental-disabilities-dcfs

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Lurie Children’s Hospital added four beds and 20 new staffers to the hospital’s renovated inpatient psychiatric unit as a part of a statewide effort to address a major shortage of mental health care for Illinois kids in crisis. The beds are specifically tailored toward kids with autism, intellectua...