By HFT Staff

Southcoast Behavioral Health in Dartmouth, Massachusetts will add a dedicated child and adolescent behavioral program, expanding the service line from 24 beds to 48 beds. The project is the second bed expansion since the hospital’s opening in 2015. The first expansion of 24 beds occurred in 2019, providing a dual diagnosis (substance use disorder) unit. The expected completion of this expansion is the first half of 2023.  

Southcoast Behavioral Health is one of New England's leading providers of inpatient behavioral health treatment. Readily accessible from Cape Cod, Boston, and Rhode Island, Southcoast Behavioral Health delivers compassionate care and hope to children, adolescents, adults, and seniors of all identified genders. The hospital treats an array of behavioral health diagnoses. 

“We are very pleased to expand our facility to help meet the growing behavioral health needs of our communities,” says Felicia Risick, CEO of Southcoast Behavioral Health. “We are increasing our bed capacity to 192 beds, which will make us the second largest behavioral health hospital in the State. With the addition of a pediatric service line, we can now serve patients through the lifespan, thus aiming to broadly extend healing throughout our communities.”