Pennsylvania Mental Health Centers

Sarah Reed Children's Center is a center of excellence in Erie, Pennsylvania, specializing in mental and behavioral health services for children and families. The Harvard Road campus offers residential treatment, partial hospitalization, and acute partial hospitalization programs for youth. The center's mission is to improve the well-being of children and families through innovative, evidence-based treatment in a safe, therapeutic environment. Services include outpatient therapy, diagnostic assessments, and psychiatric services alongside residential and PHP-level care.

Centerville Clinics is a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) serving southwestern Pennsylvania communities since 1955. Its behavioral health program in Washington, PA, provides partial hospitalization and outpatient mental health services as part of a comprehensive health center that also offers medical and dental care. The clinic accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and most private insurance plans, and offers a sliding fee scale for those without coverage. As an FQHC, Centerville Clinics is committed to affordable, accessible care for all residents regardless of ability to pay.

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.

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.

Centerville Clinics is a nonprofit health centre network that has provided medical, dental and behavioural health care in south-western Pennsylvania since 1955, and its behavioural health site at 190 Bonar Avenue in Waynesburg provides outpatient mental health and substance use services. The network states that it accepts Medicare and Medicaid and that its assisters help patients apply for state coverage programmes.

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.

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.

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.

Mind Dojo offers intensive outpatient programming and mental health services from locations in Monroeville and Irwin, Pennsylvania. The program features a dedicated adolescent track called The Teen Dojo, alongside adult IOP, substance use treatment, EMDR therapy, Brainspotting, ADHD evaluations, psychiatry with medication management, and Spravato (esketamine) treatment. Mind Dojo also operates LUX, a wellness division offering biomarker analysis, hormone replacement, and vitamin optimization, and runs a community scholarship program for those who cannot afford care.

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.

The Children's Home of York SOAR Program provides residential treatment for children and adolescents with behavioral health challenges in York, Pennsylvania. The program serves youth through trauma-informed care, individual and family therapy, and an on-site accredited school. The Children's Home of York accepts Medical Assistance (Medicaid) and 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.

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

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.

SPHS – New Kensington provides intensive outpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment in New Kensington, Pennsylvania, about 20 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. A division of SPHS, a leader in human services provision and innovation in western Pennsylvania, the program also operates affiliates including The CARE Center, Diversified Human Services, and the Mental Health Association in Butler County. Treatment includes individual and group counseling, case management, and psychiatric services for adults and adolescents. The program accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private health 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.

Family Service & Children's Aid Society of Venango County provides intensive outpatient behavioral health and addiction treatment in Oil City, Pennsylvania. The program offers individual counseling, group therapy, family services, and case management for adults, children, and families throughout Venango County. FSCAS accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private health insurance. The program serves clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders in a community-based outpatient setting.

Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services (SPHS) has provided health and social services across Armstrong, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Washington, and Westmoreland counties for over 55 years. Through its Southwest Behavioral Care affiliate and SPHS Centers of Excellence, the organization offers substance use treatment, mental health care, and opioid-focused continued care. SPHS also operates PA 211 Southwest, a free 24/7 resource and information hub connecting residents across 11 counties with community, health, and disaster services.

Deerfield Centers for Addiction Treatment provides outpatient addiction services in Marienville, Pennsylvania, as a program of Deerfield Behavioral Health — a 501(c)(3) nonprofit affiliate of Journey Health System incorporated in 1991. DCAT supports individuals working with their prescribers on medication management and recovery. Deerfield Behavioral Health also provides psychiatric contracting and tele-psychiatry services staffed by psychiatrists, CRNPs, and licensed therapists across western and central Pennsylvania. The center accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance.