Becker’s is proud to spotlight 60 hospitals and health systems recognized for their exceptional psychiatry and behavioral health programs.
These organizations are committed to treating mental health as a vital part of overall wellbeing, providing support for the psychiatric, emotional and behavioral needs of their patients. Through a thoughtful combination of medication management, therapy, education and innovative treatment approaches, these programs are addressing one of healthcare’s most essential, and often overlooked, needs.
View the list on Becker’s Hospital Review here.
Children’s Hospital of Orange County (Calif.). Children’s Hospital of Orange County’s psychiatry program provides a continuum of mental health care across inpatient, outpatient, intensive and emergency settings. The team offers diagnostic evaluation and treatment, including psychopharmacology and psychotherapy, as well as evidence-based interventions to help children, adolescents and their families overcome behavioral health issues. The program treats a full range of conditions, including but not limited to schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, psychosis, tic disorders and challenges related to co-occurring conditions. CHOC’s Cherese Mari Laulhere Mental Health Inpatient Center is the only inpatient facility in the county to treat patients younger than 10 years old. The center aims to integrate behavioral and physical health care, with mental health clinicians treating patients in primary care settings. CHOC’s Mental Health Crisis Clinic has offered immediate stabilization for youth experiencing suicidal ideation since its launch in late 2022. Knowing medical conditions like epilepsy, cancer, diabetes or a rare disease can affect a children’s mental health, pediatric psychologists are part of inpatient and outpatient treatment programs, thus ensuring patients and families can turn to specialized psychologists while receiving care anywhere at CHOC.
