Centerpoint, which educates and counsels hundreds of teenagers, is poised to shut down

SARA CRONINI

Click to enlarge Centerpoint Adolescent Treatment Services, which has long provided counseling and educational services to hundreds of at-risk youth, is expected to close on Sept. 1 even as the number of teens needing mental health support soars. Centerpoint, which also operates a therapeutic school for teenagers, will close unless a new provider steps in, … Read more

This should be a wake-up call: Shut down the South Bay Inpatient Psychiatric Care Unit

This should be a wake-up call: Shut down the South Bay Inpatient Psychiatric Care Unit

Good Samaritan Hospital will close the inpatient psychiatric facility on its Mission Oaks campus in Los Gatos in August. Santa Clara County has approximately 211 inpatient psychiatric beds, a number that experts say is alarmingly low even without the loss of Mission Oaks 18. (Dai Sugano/Bay Area News Group) Alexis Crase calls Mission Oaks her … Read more