Contact:
Gina de Peralta Thorne, MS
Director of Business Development
Phone: 757-565-0106 ext: 29
gthorne@farleycenter.com
Event: July 8, 2010 - 10 a.m.

For Immediate Release

Ground Breaking for the Psychiatric Pavilion at Williamsburg Place

7/8/10 (Williamsburg, Virginia) – Diamond Healthcare Corporation is pleased to announce the breaking of ground on July 8, 2010, for the new Psychiatric Pavilion on the campus of Williamsburg Place in Williamsburg, Virginia. This 40-bed pavilion will serve adults, older adults and impaired professionals with acute psychiatric illness including those individuals with dual–diagnoses. The Pavilion will help meet a community need for inpatient psychiatric care, while also addressing a national need for psychiatric services for physicians, dentists, nurses and other professionals in need of care.

“At both the national level and in Virginia, the definite trend is away from longer-term psychiatric hospitalization to more acute inpatient interventions with an increased reliance on community-based systems of care. Diamond’s Pavilion model fits very well within this evolving system of care,” said David Coe, Executive Director of Colonial Behavioral Health.

The groundbreaking event will kickoff with George K. White, President of Diamond Healthcare Corporation addressing the Pavilion project and sharing renderings, followed by David Coe talking about the need for the Pavilion, and Mary Jones, a member of the Board of Supervisors of James City County, addressing the importance of this service to James City County and the region.

Diamond has engaged Guernsey Tingle Architects on the Pavilion design and Henderson Construction has been selected as the primary contractor for the Pavilion project. “Having a contractor with a local presence is very important to us,” said William Carpenter, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Diamond Healthcare Corporation. “Henderson is a highly qualified contractor that has partnered with DeMARIA to bring extensive healthcare and medical project experience to the construction of the Pavilion.”

The proposed facility is projected to open in 2011 and would bring approximately 75 new jobs to the Williamsburg area.

About Williamsburg Place and The William J. Farley Center
Diamond Healthcare Corporation owns the nationally recognized Williamsburg Place and the William J. Farley Center specializing in the treatment of chemical dependency. Williamsburg Place offers patients thorough and effective treatment designed to address their specific recovery needs and help rebuild their lives.
The Farley Center is an extended stay substance abuse residential treatment program with specific treatment tracks designed for treating impaired professionals including physicians, dentists, nurses and other professionals throughout the United States. Find out more about Williamsburg Place and the Farley Center at www.farleycenter.com.

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