State’s first urgent care to address psychiatric needs opens in north Alabama

A group of medical professionals wants to address the growing need for mental health care in North Alabama. A new psychiatric urgent care has opened in Huntsville to address the need for quick care.

Psychiatrist Dr. Scariya Kumar and psychiatric physician assistants Julia Klug and Priya Patel opened the new facility at 219 Longwood Drive SW in Huntsville. It’s the first psychiatric urgent care in Alabama and one of the few in the United States.

With a background in outpatient services, the medical professionals saw an urgent need for patients to be seen in a timely manner…

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