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Grand Opening of the Neurodiagnostic Institute
On March 15, 2019, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch joined Secretary Walthall to officially open the state-of-the-art NeuroDiagnostic Institute and Advanced Treatment Center. Indiana’s newest state psychiatric hospital is located on the east side of Indianapolis adjacent to Community Hospital East. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, held in the lobby of the NDI, was attended by members of the media, NDI and Community Health Network representatives, mental health stakeholders, legislators, and community leaders. After the ceremony, tours of the new hospital were given to show the advanced evaluation and treatment options patients will receive.
The NDI is Indiana’s first new state psychiatric hospital in 53 years and will serve patients with the most challenging and complex neuropsychiatric illnesses and move them more efficiently into the most appropriate treatment settings within the community or state mental health system. The staff of the 159-bed facility will serve a diverse patient population, focusing on brain-based disorders, including:
- Acute and chronic mental illness
- Chronic addictions
- Intellectual and developmental disabilities
- Traumatic brain injury
- Neuro-degenerative illnesses such as Alzheimer’s disease
Patients will be referred to the hospital from community mental health centers, other state psychiatric hospitals, and judicial partners. The NDI becomes Indiana’s newest in a network of six state psychiatric hospitals and will replace a long-time institution, Larue Carter Memorial Hospital which has served patients since 1952 and is being phased out of operation.
