Psychiatric Hospital debuts new inpatient unit for psychotic disorders

On Aug. 1, Vanderbilt University Medical Center celebrated the opening of the Charlotte and Donald Test Jr. Center at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital, a new inpatient unit that has expanded the hospital’s inpatient capacity from 92 to 106 with the addition of 14 new adult beds. The unit marks the hospital’s first constructed inpatient expansion since its doors opened in December 1985.

Attendees cut the ribbon at last week’s event marking the opening of the Charlotte and Donald Test Jr. Center at Vanderbilt Psychiatric Hospital. (photo by Anne Rayner)