SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah Health is expanding mental health services, hoping to help people across the Salt Lake Valley.reopened to the public Monday after being closed in order to add more capacity. Funding from Salt Lake County made this expansion possible.
"The receiving center has been around for many, many years, but before this, it only served about four to six people at a time," said Nikki McCorristin, nurse and clinical supervisor for the center."We can give you a chair and a pillow and some food and somebody to talk to. No problem is too small," McCorristin said.
"We have 23 hours to have a conversation, to get them settled and stable, to figure out what might be best for them and figure out the path to their own recovery," McCorristin said. "If they just need resources, maybe change their medications, renew a prescription, or try something new."