Working Cooperatively to Offer Behavioral Health Services In an effort to improve access to behavioral health services throughout the state, Spectrum Health and Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services are teaming up on teletherapy. Building on their strong, collaborative relationship,…
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services’ Traverse City Clinic increased its services recently. Having two new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners will expand its ability to respond to the growing mental health crisis. Laurie Anger, MSN, NP, PMHNP-BC, is a…
Five-year, $3.6 million federal grant to fuel search for biomarker-based methods to evaluate suicide risk. The project is the first longitudinal study of its kind, and is a collaboration between Van Andel Institute’s Lena Brundin, M.D., Ph.D., Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services’ Eric Achtyes, M.D., M.S., and Columbia University Department of Psychiatry’s John Mann, M.D.
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services expands its psychiatric services to the community. Having a new psychiatrist and physician assistant on staff will increase the Pine Rest Pella Clinic’s ability to respond to the growing mental health crisis. Monte Bernhagen,…
A new exhibit titled, “How I See Things,” by local artist Dennis O’Mara, opens at the Leep Art Gallery on July 2 at the Postma Center on the Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services campus in Grand Rapids. O’Mara, a…
Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services opened its Psychiatric Urgent Care Center April 15, 2019. The center is designed to provide same-day assessment and treatment for people experiencing acute psychiatric symptoms who cannot wait for routine outpatient intervention. Currently, there…
Transition from inpatient services back to home is a very challenging time. Our inpatient units are an extremely supportive environment. Often patients are returning to an environment that contributed to the unbearable distress that led to them seeking hospitalization. Research…
A new exhibit titled, “Stitched Lines,” by local artist and quilter Colleen Kole, opens at the Leep Art Gallery on April 4 at the Postma Center on the Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services campus in Grand Rapids. Kole, a…
It is a 5-year study to investigate the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat severe agitation and aggression in people with Alzheimer’s disease. The study was made possible by a 5-year award which is expected to total $11.8 million…
As of January 1, 2019 standard charges are being published to meet a recent Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) requirement and do not represent a patient’s out of pocket cost. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) included a requirement…