A nature-centered treatment facility nearly ten years in the making is now setting a new standard for therapeutic delivery of mental and Behavioral Health care in the US – and the difference is all in its unique “outside-in”, nature-centered design.
From beautiful murals, to generous use of natural light, soft textures, tones, and sight lines, the Jonas Hill Hospital and Clinic, part of Caldwell Memorial Hospital in the UNC Hospital System in rural Lenoir, North Carolina, is a 17,500 square-foot, inpatient-outpatient integrated mental health treatment facility designed to conjure healing from the natural mountain setting that surrounds it.