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When you have an injury or illness that needs immediate¹ attention, but isn't an emergency, you head to the urgent care center. Those facilities allow people to be seen outside of doctor's office hours while avoiding an expensive trip to the emergency room.

Pine Rest Christian² Mental Health Services in Grand Rapids has taken that idea and applied³ it to mental health treatment.

The organization's psychiatric urgent care center opened last spring. In more than six months since, it has helped some 3,000 people experiencing a mental health crisis.

Megan Zambiasi is the director of the Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services Psychiatric Urgent Care Center. She said the center offers an in-between space for those who would otherwise have to wait weeks or months for psychiatric evaluation⁴ or seek a higher level of care in a hospital or inpatient setting.

Getting treated at Pine Rest's Psychiatric Urgent Care Center is very similar to a traditional medical urgent care setting. After checking in, staff ask patients why they came in and what kinds of things they are struggling with that day. Then, a medical assistant takes vital signs and assesses a patient's medical history. A social worker comes in to talk about other things happening in someone's life that may contribute to psychiatric symptoms.

And then last, we have you see an advanced practice professional," explained Zambiasi. "That would be a nurse practitioner⁵, or a physician assistant, or a psychiatrist⁶ who will assess you and see what we think your next steps in treatment should be.

One of the main challenges the center faces is connecting patients with mental health resources in their communities. People come from all over the state, including some from counties that are pretty far away from the Grand Rapids area.

Zambiasi acknowledged that centers like hers do not solve the long-term issue of the lack of mental health care providers in Michigan and in the United States more broadly. She also believes that there is a need to increase the number of people who are able to seek that kind of care on a regular, outpatient basis.

The center has garnered⁷ a lot of interest from medical organizations across Michigan who are considering starting up a similar program in their own communities. Zambiasi noted⁸ that Pine Rest was uniquely poised⁹ to take on that challenge because of its high volume of psychiatric staff, but that other medical care providers also have that potential.

That's why [Pine Rest] decided¹⁰ we'd start with adults, we'd start in Kent County. We'd do what we could where we had kind of a critical mass of those important professionals to provide the service, Zambiasi said. But I think other places throughout the state that had that kind of resource would probably be able to run a similar model and do that successfully.

This post was written by Stateside production assistant Isabella Isaacs-Thomas.

1 immediate   

adj.立即的；直接的，最接近的；紧靠的

参考例句：

• His immediate neighbours felt it their duty to call.他的近邻认为他们有责任去拜访。
• We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.我们主张立即召开这个会议。

2 Christian   

adj.基督教徒的；n.基督教徒

参考例句：

• They always addressed each other by their Christian name.他们总是以教名互相称呼。
• His mother is a sincere Christian.他母亲是个虔诚的基督教徒。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 evaluation   

n.估价，评价；赋值

参考例句：

• I attempted an honest evaluation of my own life.我试图如实地评价我自己的一生。
• The new scheme is still under evaluation.新方案还在评估阶段。

5 practitioner   

n.实践者，从事者；(医生或律师等)开业者

参考例句：

• He is an unqualified practitioner of law.他是个无资格的律师。
• She was a medical practitioner before she entered politics.从政前她是个开业医生。

6 psychiatrist   

n.精神病专家；精神病医师

参考例句：

• He went to a psychiatrist about his compulsive gambling.他去看精神科医生治疗不能自拔的赌瘾。
• The psychiatrist corrected him gently.精神病医师彬彬有礼地纠正他。

7 garnered   

v.收集并（通常）贮藏（某物），取得，获得( garner的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Mr. Smith gradually garnered a national reputation as a financial expert. 史密斯先生逐渐赢得全国金融专家的声誉。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He has garnered extensive support for his proposals. 他的提议得到了广泛的支持。 来自辞典例句

8 noted   

adj.著名的，知名的

参考例句：

• The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
• Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。

9 poised   

a.摆好姿势不动的

参考例句：

• The hawk poised in mid-air ready to swoop. 老鹰在半空中盘旋，准备俯冲。
• Tina was tense, her hand poised over the telephone. 蒂娜心情紧张，手悬在电话机上。

10 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。