GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — Wednesday marked the grand opening of the new Pine Rest Pediatric Center of Behavioral Health. It’s a full facility to help children through mental health care.
The need for such a space was realized after the growing need for pediatric behavioral health care, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Kids were suffering more,” said William Sanders, chief medical officer at Pine Rest. “There were more difficulties with suicidality, depression, anxiety. All of those things just increased. And so, the need grew.”…