Western Slope Lawmakers Tour New Vail Health Mental Health Facility

Colorado Speaker of the House Julie McCluskie, Sen. Dylan Roberts and Rep. Meghan Lukens on Monday toured the Wiegers Mental Health Clinic and the new Vail Health mental health facility, named the Precourt Healing Center in Edwards.

The Western Slope lawmakers were shown through the Precourt Healing Center, which is currently under construction. The tour began in the ambulance bay and worked through each subsequent room a patient will experience: intake, the kitchen, the pharmacy, the gym, the outdoor space, a patient room, group and art therapy rooms, the seclusion room, and visitors’ rooms.

Construction on the Precourt Healing Center is due to be completed in the coming months, and the facility is set to open in mid-May 2025. The facility will have three floors and 28 beds, all in single-occupancy rooms with individual bathrooms.

Innovation at the Wiegers Mental Health Clinic

The Precourt Healing Center is not the only change coming for Vail Health Behavioral Health. The Wiegers Mental Health Clinic will also be seeing some renovations and expansion soon.

While the clinic currently resides in one block of a larger building in Edwards, the clinic will soon take over the rest of the building to create nine additional clinical office spaces. At the moment, the behavioral health team is out of offices entirely.

The Vail Health Behavioral Health Innovation Center and the behavioral health research team will also soon be housed in the building with the clinic. The research team has already begun studying the effect of hyperthermia treatment for depression, and will soon be adding psilocybin studies.

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