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Can Mental Health Clinic at Walmart Fill a Void?
« on: January 25, 2019, 06:32:11 pm »
Can Mental Health Clinic at Walmart Fill a Void?
By Matt McMillen
 

Jan. 22, 2019 -- Some Walmart customers can now add mental health therapy to their shopping list.

In a store in Carrollton, TX, about 20 miles north of Dallas, the retail giant has rented space to Boston-based health care provider Beacon Health Options, whose clinic provides talk therapy to those seeking help for depression, anxiety, relationship troubles, and more.
 

Reviewed by Joseph Goldberg on 10/17/2018

This first-of-its-kind venture has two primary aims, says Beacon president and chief executive officer Russell Petrella, PhD, a clinical psychologist. “Part of the whole goal of this is to destigmatize behavioral health care and put it in places where people feel comfortable … and another big issue is access to such care when and where they need it.”

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