The facility looked liked a "nice hotel" that you can "check in," but you can NOT "check out." According to the tour guide, the patients admitted to this facility will have short-term mental health challenges. The patient's rooms cater to their privacy, and their protection from suicidal attempts by hanging and electrocution. ( So no headboards, no footboards, no open handles.)
In the common area, all the chairs are weighted down to avoid use as a projectile in a fight, but one may need some "hip action" to even pull the chairs out far enough to sit. Yes, the chairs felt "that heavy" to me.
I will also tell you that the cool blue colors of the patient rooms were nice, but the rooms still felt like solitary confinement. I am sure it is better than institutionalized white cement walls, but nonetheless, the confinement felt real to me.
They do have an outpatient therapy department. That side of the facility will be run like a regular doctor's office except it is only for mental health counselling.
This Davidson Campus is an extension of the CMC-Randolph Behavioral Health campus.
There is a cafeteria and gym/recreational room for recreational therapy on site at this Davidson location.
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