New York University plans to build what it says will be the nation's largest pediatric mental health center to treat thousands of children and train thousands of doctors, and Gov.
The centerpiece will be a $110 million 120,000-square-foot Child Studies Center on First Avenue, between 25th and 26th Streets, to open in 2009, university officials said.
It will be dedicated mostly to outpatient treatment and research, but will have a small number of inpatient beds.
New York has an acute shortage of mental health services for children, especially for those on Medicaid, the government health plan for the poor.
Each year, more than 1,000 children who need psychiatric hospitalization are sent out of state because there is no place in New York for them.
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