Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services

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Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services is a Psychiatric Hospital and mental health treatment facility, with the main treatment campus located in Cutlerville, Michigan. The Chief Executive Officer and President is Dr. Mark Eastburg, appointed December, 2006.^[1].

It was founded in 1910 as the Christian Psychopathic Hospital.

In addition to inpatient mental health care, Pine Rest offers a partial hospitalization program as well. Some of its programs are offered through a joint operating agreement with local hospitals^[2]^[3].

Pine Rest is a large mental health facility with more than 30 psychiatrists, 91 fully and partially licensed psychologists, 149 licensed social workers with master's degrees, as well as many nurses, physician assistants and nurse practitioners who all work together with educators and clergy. Pine Rest has more than 20 outpatient clinics located throughout Michigan as well as two locations in Iowa^[4].

Pine Rest's inpatient and partial hospitalization program is licensed for 162 beds, with residential services for adolescent boys and girls; older adults coping with dementia; those needing addiction services (Freedom House, Jellema House, JF Jellema Treatment Center, Women's Lodge and Recovery Residence); those in need of sub-acute detoxification program services; and developmentally disabled persons.

May be inspiration for the psychiatric hospital mentioned in The Blood of the Lamb by Peter De Vries^{[citation needed]}.

1 Gerald & Jane-Ann Postma Center for Worship and Education
2 Professional Lecture Series and Institute for Spiritual Care
3 Renewing Spirits Bicycle Tour
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Gerald & Jane-Ann Postma Center for Worship and Education

The hospital recently opened the Gerald & Jane-Ann Postma Center for Worship and Education, a $3.7 million training center targeted at nursing, behavior health and pastoral students and Pine Rest staff members. With more than 15,000 square feet, the center can accommodate groups of as many as 500 people in five multi-purpose rooms. It is expected to be used by behavior health students from across the state and nursing students from Michigan State University, Calvin College, Grand Valley State University and several other local colleges. It also houses a chapel for campus residents and for training pastoral education students. Officials believe the new facility enhances Pine Rest's statewide role as a training and education axis through features such as computerized projectors, mobile white boards and large projector screens. ^[5]

The Bruce and Mary Leep Art Gallery, inside the Postma Center for Worship and Education at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services, 300 68th St. SE., features a rotating calendar of art shows, featuring the inspirational works of many local artists.^[6]

[edit] Professional Lecture Series and Institute for Spiritual Care

Pine Rest sponsors a variety of workshops and classes throughout the year for professionals. The Professional Lecture Series is an educational lecture series offered by Pine Rest on various medical and clinical topics for working professionals with MERC accreditation.

Workshops and support groups are also available to the public and include but are not limited to: anger management for adults and teens, eating disorders, families living with mental illness, dementia.

Pine Rest’s Family Institute facilitates lecture, training and certification programs for individuals, agencies, clergy, and churches through the Marriage and Family Building Series, FOCCUS Training, Family Wellness Training and the Institute for Spiritual Care Lecture Series. ^[7]

Pine Rest seeks to incorporate faith and healing into the care of patients^[8]^[9]. The hospital also has an active chaplain service in order to offer spiritual care to the patients. In addition, Clinical Pastoral Education is offered through Pine Rest^[10].

[edit] Renewing Spirits Bicycle Tour

Cal Meuzelaar, a social worker at Pine Rest's Des Moines, Iowa clinic is set to begin a transcontinental bicycle tour, dedicating his efforts toward raising $100,000 for clients. When Meuzelaar embarks on his journey, dubbed the "Renewing Spirits Bicycle Tour," he will ride 80 miles each day along a northern route that begins in Florence, Oregon and ends in Salem, Massachusetts. He estimates covering some 4,000 miles of country by riding 15 miles per hour, over an eight-week time frame, to complete the journey. Meuzelaar's wife, Mary, will drive along in a support vehicle.

Muezelaar's motivation is to help people who need financial support in order to access needed mental health counseling plus assistance with covering gaps of insurance coverage due to the current socio-economic crisis. ^[11].