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Our services

The Center for Youth Mental Health offers the latest in treatment and education from leaders in psychiatric research and behavioral health care.

Help and treatments
Help and treatments

When to seek professional help

If the things you feel get in the way of relationships with others or performing your daily routine, then it’s a sign you may benefit from professional help. The right therapist can help you understand your feelings and issues and how to get on the path to feeling better.

Your guide to treatment

Our team works closely with you to understand how you’re feeling and the issues you may be facing. We then design a treatment program drawing on a wide range of potential approaches to help you create the life you want to live.

Launching Emerging Adults Program (LEAP)
This advanced form of cognitive-behavioral exposure therapy integrates skills that young adults need to thrive in adulthood.
Outpatient Therapy
Sessions with a therapist focus on symptoms that significantly impact interactions with family or peers, at school, or in the workplace.
Intensive Day Treatment or Partial Hospitalization Program
This treatment targets rapid stabilization of acute symptoms for young people who experience debilitating symptoms.
Parent Group Therapy
A six-week educational program for parents of emerging adults who are anxious about the thought of leaving home.
College Readiness Program
This four to six-week group therapy program teaches young adults about tools and techniques they can use to manage symptoms in environments away from home.
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Our approach to care

The treatment needs of young people often aren't fully recognized or understood, which sometimes leads to misdiagnosis. Our mission is to help young people get the expertise they need to move forward and feel better.

The Center for Youth Mental Health achieves this in three ways:

  • We work closely with you to provide diagnosis and specialized treatment from nationally recognized experts.
  • We research new treatments, including medication and specialized cognitive therapy that helps improve young people’s lives.
  • We conduct advanced lab research in mice to identify abnormal biology in the developing brain. This helps us understand why people feel the way they do and can lead to even better treatments.

Our fully integrated approach to mental health care enables us to offer the best possible treatment, while keeping you and your family's needs at the center of what we do.

A guide to mental health conditions

Dealing with mental health symptoms can be confusing. Use these articles to understand what you’re feeling and find advice on the steps you can take to feel better.

Anxiety

A persistent feeling of worry that impacts relationships even when life is going well and can lead a person to withdraw from friends and family

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Obsessive compulsive disorder

Obsessions and compulsions that lead someone to spend hours a day with these thoughts, significantly impacting their life.

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Post-traumatic stress disorder

A psychological shock, injury or dangerous event causes uncontrollable thoughts and can lead to generalized anxiety.

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Get immediate help

SAMHSA helpline
SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year mental health treatment referral.
800-662-HELP (4357)
Teen Link
Teen Link is a confidential and anonymous helpline for teens. Call or text between the hours of 6:00pm - 9:30pm. 866-833-6546
866-833-6546