144-bed behavioral health hospital opening in North Port

A new behavioral health center is opening soon in North Port. This month North Port Behavioral Health will welcome its first patients at 4501 Citizens Parkway.

The 144-bed hospital will offer services for adolescents, adults and seniors struggling with mental health issues and substance use disorders. It is working through final licensing approval with the state and is expected to open “very soon,” a spokesperson for the facility says in a March 4 email.

North Port Behavioral Health will treat mental health conditions including adjustment disorder, anxiety, bipolar disorder, psychosis, PTSD and trauma, schizoaffective disorder, schizophrenia, self-harm, and suicidal ideation, according to its website. The hospital will also treat patients who are addicted to alcohol, benzodiazepines, opioids and prescription drugs.