Baystate High Street Health Center

Baystate High Street Health Center in Springfield, Massachusetts is a medical and behavioral health hospital with comprehensive and compassionate care that includes addiction treatment and mental and behavioral healthcare. This full service facility has mental health services for children, youth, and adults. They also have a geriatric care program.

There are family activities and interesting sites to visit nearby, which is great for when you are coming for outpatient appointments or when family is visiting a loved one who is an inpatient. There are historical sites like the armoury or even a Dr. Seuss National Memorial Sculpture Garden that will bring a smile to all ages even when battling health issues.

There are some treatments here that will be hard to come by at most treatment facilities. These include things like Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and Electroconvulsive Therapy.
You can get an assessment or support at any time day or night for your loved one. After a mental health needs evaluation an individual care action plan is created. They will either be admitted to an inpatient or partial hospitalization program or be referred to outpatient services.

A 12-bed child and adolescent mental health unit was created here to offer the young better access to mental health services and crisis support when most needed.

There is also an adult psychiatric that provides 24 hour supervision and support to those 18+ who need it. There are voluntary and involuntary psychiatric patients on this unit. Medication-assisted treatment and pharmacological interventions are offered along with testing, evaluations and counseling.

After clients, young or old, are stabilized they will be offered outpatient services that include talk or experiential therapy, group and individual counseling, family therapy, medication management and more.