Grant to support mental health training at Union Hospital
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Union Hospital in Terre Haute is the recipient of a $2.25 million grant from the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. Our partners at WTWO-TV report the funding aims to improve physician training in mental and behavioral health.
The hospital’s residency program will use the grant to enhance curriculum and train physicians in the prevention, identification, diagnosis, treatment, and referral of services for mental and behavioral health conditions.
Dr. Amber Cadick with the residency program at Union Hospital, told WTWO that Vigo County is No. 1 in the state in child poverty and also has a high trauma rate.
“We don’t realize a lot of times our area is medically underserved,” Cadick said. “If you think about it, a lot of people have to drive to Indianapolis to get the specialty care they need, and we’re hoping to reverse that and create really competent, strong doctors who are compassionate that stick around the Wabash Valley.”
The hospital plans to partner with community organizations in the clinical, social services, educational and judicial spaces with the hope of retaining doctors in the region.
Union Hospital is the only Indiana recipient of the grant, which comes from the HRSA’s Federal Bureau of Health Workforce. The HRSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.