Oregon's first dedicated psychiatric emergency facility to open January 2017

By Kristyna Wentz-Graff January 06, 2017 Portland, Ore.

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The new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland features many social areas and calming spaces for patients who are receiving inpatient services. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

A large delegation cuts a ribbon at the grand opening ceremony for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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OHSU President Joe Robertson, M.D., M.B.A.(left) and Governor Kate Brown applaud during the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

An inpatient room features storage spaces, window light and a desk at the new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland. The center has 80 adult patient beds and 22 adolescent beds. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

The new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland features many social areas and calming spaces for patients who are receiving inpatient services. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

An open nurses area overlooks a social area in an inpatient area of the new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

The new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland features many social areas and calming spaces for patients who are receiving inpatient services. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (left) looks around a patient room during a tour at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Inpatient rooms feature storage spaces, window light and a desk at the new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland. The center has 80 adult patient beds and 22 adolescent beds. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

The new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland features many social areas and calming spaces for patients who are receiving inpatient services. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

George J. Brown, M.D., president and CEO of Legacy Health takes a look at one of the social areas at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

A nurses station at the new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

A centralized "neighborhood" area in the adolescent portion of the new Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (left), Commissioner Amanda Fritz (center) and Unity Center's Director of Patient Care Cindy Scherba, R.N., look over a nursing station during a tour of the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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A hearing room will allow patients at the Unity Center for Behavioral Health make court appearances from the facility. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

OHSU President Joe Robertson, M.D., M.B.A. speaks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Lori Morgan, M.D., Legacy Emanuel Medical Center president, speaks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Multnomah County Commission Chair Deborah Kafoury speaks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Adventist Medical Center Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer David Russell speaks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan/Hospitals, Northwest Region President Andrew McCulloch speaks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

George J. Brown, M.D., president and chief executive officer of Legacy Health, speaks at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Samantha "Sam" Osborne shares her lived experience with mental illness, speaking at the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. “I learned that if I am in an environment where I am supported and around people who see me as a person who has something to contribute to the world that I can succeed." Osborne is the new peer supervisor at the Unity Center. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

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Gov. Kate Brown attends the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Multnomah County Commission Chair Deborah Kafoury attends the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)

Unity Center Opening

Gov. Kate Brown attends the grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony program for the Unity Center for Behavioral Health in Portland, January 5, 2017. (OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff)