The need for behavioral health services locally is evidenced in numbers presented at Monday night’s Wabash General Hospital Board of Directors meeting. Cathy Ruth is the program director at the Wabash Community Health Center and she told the board there were 272 behavioral health visits at the center in July including 27 new patients. That number jumped to 533 behavioral health appointments in August with 99 new patients and last month the health center had 503 behavioral health visits and another 84 new patients. Ruth said plans are in the works to expand behavioral health services back into local schools. The Wabash General Hospital Foundation is exploring ways to purchase a mobile trailer to make behavioral counseling more accessible for students.