A community mental health center is a center that offers a range of mental health treatment and counseling services for both adults and children.
Community mental health centers offer these core services:
- Outpatient services, including specialized outpatient services for children, the elderly, individuals who are chronically mentally ill, and residents of the CMHC’s mental health service area who have been discharged from inpatient treatment at a mental health facility
- 24 hour-a-day emergency care services
- Day treatment, or other partial hospitalization services, or psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Screening for patients being considered for admission to state mental health facilities to determine the appropriateness of such admission.
Here are some factors to consider when selecting a community mental health center:
1. Services offered: Check with the community mental health center and verify they offer the service you or your loved ones needs.
2. Location: To locate a community mental health center near you, use the community mental health center search tool above.
3. Quality: Quality is often overlooked but extremely important. WhereToFindCare.com is the only place that gives you a quality score to assist you in choosing a community mental health center: the consumer quality score.
The consumer quality score is the percentage of people who rated their community mental health center on WhereToFindCare.com and said they received quality care. This experience-based community mental health center satisfaction score cannot be found elsewhere today except by word of mouth.
Have you had experiences with community mental health centers in your area? Share your experiences with other users by
rating the community mental health centers on WhereToFindCare.com. Your feedback is invaluable to others in your community searching for a community mental health center.
4. Recommendations: Word of mouth recommendations can tell us whether we can get along with providers on a personal level. Ask friends, family, and other associates if they have had experiences with the community mental health centers on your list. You can also find word of mouth recommendations on WhereToFindCare.com.
Use the community mental health center search tool above to locate providers in your area. With the report generated, you can view quality information, word of mouth recommendations from people in your community, exceptional healthcare workers at community mental health centers(we call them CareStars), photos, services provided, insurance accepted, contact information, driving directions, and much more.