For the past four decades, Pine Grove has provided children and adults with various programs through its Behavioral Health & Addiction Services Outpatient Services at locations such as the Lincoln Center facility on Lincoln Road Extension and the Wicker Building on South 28th Avenue in Hattiesburg.
Officials from Pine Grove and Forrest Health were able to celebrate the 40th anniversary of that measure with a March 26 ribbon cutting at the new Outpatient Services building, located at 2117 Broadway Drive in Hattiesburg, adjacent to the main Pine Grove campus. The unveiling of the new building, which will consolidate and expand those services at that site, was attended by several of the aforementioned officials, along with U.S. Senator Roger Wicker.
“Certainly, the ability for expanded outpatient care for children, adolescents and adults (was a motivating factor in this),” said Colleen Munkel, director of business development for Pine Grove Behavioral Health & Addiction Services. “The new facility offers us additional space and additional providers to provide that care.
“Also, the Pine Grove main campus is located on Broadway Drive, so this enables the patients to receive that outpatient care at one location.”
Outpatient services at the location, which are provided by board certified psychiatrists and psychologists, licensed psychiatric nurse practitioners, licensed psychologists and licensed clinical social workers, include the following:
- Adult outpatient services, including assessments, medication management, individual therapy, medication assisted treatment, an adult psychiatric partial hospitalization program and an intensive day and evening outpatient program.
- Child and adolescent outpatient services, including assessments, specialized treatment, medication management, individual therapy and family therapy.
“I can’t believe this day is finally here,” said Andy Woodard, CEO and president of Forrest Health. “This is a significant day for Forrest Health and Pine Grove.
“We are fortunate to have Pine Grove – one of the nation’s most comprehensive treatment campuses – right here in Forrest County and the City of Hattiesburg. This outpatient services building will enable Pine Grove, as it moves into the next chapter, to expand outpatient behavioral healthcare and addiction treatment for members of our community, state and beyond.”
The facility, which is now open to patients, also offers specialty treatment programs such as a professional enhancement program and specialty treatment for professionals, which helps those individuals with issues such as addictive illnesses, disruptive behavior, boundary violations, personality disorders, interpersonal difficulties and vocational issues.
There’s also an evaluation center – which provides comprehensive testing for addiction, mood disorders, personality disorders, eating disorders and more – along with intensive workshops, which help participants discover the roots of destructive behavior.
“This has certainly been a dream and a project in the making for many years now,” said Debbie Sanford, administrator of behavioral health for Forrest Health. “Each year, we see patients from every socio-economic group come to Pine Grove for help.
“Pine Grove is known as a leader
The project was made possible with the help of Wicker, who was instrumental in securing more than $7.5 million in federal funding toward its completion.
“Isn’t it great that we are becoming a society who understands that addiction is an illness, and it needs to be treated just like physical illnesses?” Wicker said. “We recognize what a problem we have in the United States with opioid addiction … and technology addiction and the problems that we have with things that our grandchildren have to face, with technology that we never would have had to consider.
“So I really appreciate a facility like this, and a program like this, that’s been going on for decades.”
For more information, call (888) 574-1673 or visit www.pinegrovetreatment.com.
