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Podcast: The Valley Today
Episode: Community Health: Valley Health's EmPATH Unit
Description: As part of a community health partnership with Valley Health, in this episode of the Valley Today, Janet Michael welcomes Karen Dorr, Senior Director of Behavioral Health at Valley Health, and Amanda Dondero, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Child and Adolescent Outpatient Behavioral Health Supervisor. The group discuss the new Valley Health Emergency Psychiatric Assessment, Treatment, and Healing (EmPATH) Unit at Winchester Medical Center. The conversation centers around the purpose and function of the EmPATH unit, emphasizing its role in providing immediate care for individuals experiencing mental health crises in a therapeutic environment, rather than the g...