Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk was close to tears on Friday morning as she remembered when she first met parents and patients from the Barrett Adolescent Centre six years ago.

That centre, at Wacol, was closed by the then-LNP government in 2014 with no replacement facility built.

Three teenagers with severe mental health issues transferred from the closed Barrett centre to adult facilities and committed suicide in the eight months after it was closed.

Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk speaks on Friday morning at the opening of the facility. Credit:Tony Moore

On Friday morning, Ms Palaszczuk inspected the new $27 million Jacaranda Place adolescent mental health facility at Prince Charles Hospital, which brings youth mental health in Queensland to a new level of treatment.