Duke Behavioral Health North Durham at Duke Regional Hospital opened in 2021. Part of the largest construction project in the history of Duke Regional Hospital, the center brings together Duke emergency, outpatient, inpatient and electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) behavioral health services in one spectacular new building.
At Duke Behavioral Health North Durham, patients and their families experience a seamless continuum of care by a multidisciplinary team of providers. We’re proud that the Duke University Health System made this important investment in behavioral health and in our community.
“This facility enables us to increase access to top-notch integrated behavioral health care for people in our community, as well as provide a beautiful space to welcome our patients and their loved ones.”
—Moira Rynn, MD, Chair, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
The Story Behind the Center
A Behavioral Health Center for Our Community
Hear Duke Health leaders, including Duke Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences chair, Moira Rynn, MD, talk about Duke Behavioral Health North Durham and the benefits it brings to the Durham community.
About the Center
The center:
- Provides a secure unit with 18 private rooms within Duke Regional Hospital’s expanded Emergency Department to specifically to meet the needs of behavioral health patients.
- Consolidates Duke University Hospital’s and Duke Regional Hospital’s behavioral health inpatient units into one unit, with all private inpatient rooms.
- Includes a state-of-the-art electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) clinic with expanded capacity from the previous clinic.
- Houses a 30-room outpatient clinic.
- Offers outdoor courtyards, an exercise room, a lactation room, group therapy space and community support group space in a welcoming environment.