Pennsylvania Mental Health Centers

TheVillage provides a spectrum of child welfare and residential programs, as well as mental health and prevention services that help children impacted by trauma from abuse, neglect and mental health issues.

George Junior Republic in Pennsylvania is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit in Grove City that operates residential treatment programs for youth alongside adult programs and services. Its continuum includes adventure-based counseling, preventative aftercare and community programming across Pennsylvania and Indiana. The organization accepts private insurance.

UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is a psychiatric hospital providing inpatient and outpatient behavioral health and substance use treatment. As part of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, the hospital offers comprehensive care for adults and adolescents with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. The facility accepts Medicare, Medicaid, and most private insurance plans.

The CARE Center is the drug and alcohol treatment program of Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services (SPHS), offering recovery-based, trauma-informed outpatient and intensive outpatient care in Washington, Greene, and Butler counties. Its Washington location at 75 East Maiden Street provides drug and alcohol outpatient treatment. The center accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, military insurance, and state-financed programs.

Pittsburgh Mercy provides intensive outpatient (IOP) substance use and co-occurring disorder treatment from its South 9th Street location in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A person-centered, trauma-informed community health provider, Pittsburgh Mercy offers behavioral health services for adults, children, and adolescents, including mental health rehabilitation, residential services, and intervention services. The programme is part of a larger integrated health system that also provides intellectual and developmental disabilities services, homeless services through Operation Safety Net, and a family health center. Pittsburgh Mercy accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, military insurance, and state-financed coverage.

Stairways Behavioral Health has provided mental health and addiction care in Erie for more than sixty years. It was founded on 6 April 1961 by twenty-two members of the Erie Chapter of the National Council of Jewish Women, and named for the staircase clients climbed to reach it; today it serves more than 6,000 people a year. Its Residential Treatment Program for Adults is a 15-bed facility offering 24-hour supervised care for up to 30 days, alongside a youth residential program, state-licensed personal care homes for people with ongoing mental health needs, and an outpatient clinic. Medicaid and Medicare are accepted, along with private insurance.

UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor provides outpatient substance use and mental health treatment in Erie, Pennsylvania. Part of the UPMC health system, the program serves adults with individual counseling, group therapy, medication management, and case management. UPMC accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and most private insurance.

Beacon Light Behavioral Health Systems provides residential treatment for adults with dual diagnoses and for children with severe mental health challenges in Bradford, Pennsylvania. The nonprofit organization also operates outpatient community programs for both adults and children. Beacon Light accepts Medicare, private insurance, and state-funded coverage.

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Pyramid Healthcare in Duncansville is a treatment facility and long-term rehab for men and women/ boys and girls.

Bethesda Lutheran Services has cared for children, youth and families in northwestern Pennsylvania since 1919, when it was incorporated as the Orphans' Home of the Pittsburgh Synod; it now reaches more than 7,000 children, youth and families. Its Meadville campus offers residential treatment, a Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility, Intensive Treatment Units staffed around the clock by specially trained staff, alternative education, partial hospitalization, and community- and school-based behavioral health services. The organization works with young people who have significant psychiatric needs, at child-to-staff ratios set by the level of care. Both public and private coverage are taken: Medicaid, Medicare, private and military insurance.

TCV Community Services, part of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health, provides residential substance use treatment in Homestead, Pennsylvania. The programme serves adults and offers individualized care within Devereux's Advanced Philosophy of Care framework, which emphasizes positive behavioral interventions and trauma-informed practices. TCV accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, and state-financed coverage.

French Creek Recovery Center provides residential substance use treatment in Meadville, Pennsylvania. The programme offers medically supervised detoxification and structured residential care with individual and group counseling, serving adults in a supportive treatment environment. French Creek Recovery Center accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance.

Family Service and Children's Aid Society in Franklin, Pennsylvania provides outpatient behavioral health and substance use treatment. Founded in 1887, it is one of the longest-serving human services organizations in the region. The program offers individual, family, and group counseling, with a focus on serving children, adolescents, and families. The organization is a private nonprofit and accepts Medicaid and private insurance.

UPMC Western Behavioral Health at Safe Harbor is a residential behavioral health program of UPMC Hamot in Erie, Pennsylvania. The program provides residential treatment for mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders, serving adults, teens, and youth. Safe Harbor accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance including Beacon Health Options.

SPHS Behavioral Health in Butler, Pennsylvania provides outpatient substance use and mental health services. Part of the Southwest Pennsylvania Human Services network, the program offers counseling, case management, and recovery support for adults and adolescents. SPHS is a nonprofit organization that accepts Medicaid and most private insurance.

Serving families for over a century, The Bradley Center provides psychiatric residential treatment for children and adolescents affected by trauma, mental illness, and behavioral health challenges. Located west of Pittsburgh, the center combines a residential treatment facility with The Bradley School, a licensed private academic school where students receive individualized education in classes of no more than 12. Bradley also offers school-based therapy in approximately 50 school districts and outpatient therapy for children, teens, and adults.