Georgia psych facility to close down

The board of directors for University Hospital in Georgia has voted to stop taking psychiatric inpatients Sept. 12 and to close the Behavioral Health Center on Sept. 30.

The move follows a steady decline in the number of mental health patients and services at University, which stopped offering outpatient services in October 2001 and has been unable to recruit psychiatrists to replace those who have retired, officials said.

The unit has gone from having an average of 19 patients a day in 2000 to only 1 or 2 on some days recently, said Jason Moore, the chief operating officer for University.

Another place that is going under.