Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute programs

If you’re struggling with a complex mental illness or psychiatric disorder, you are not alone. The AHN Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute will help you take the next step with evidence-based treatment and behavioral health specialists.

In addition to in-person treatment centers and clinics across western Pennsylvania, we have online group therapy programs to make it easier and more convenient to get the help you need. We’ll even come to you with our Mindfulness at Work program and the AHN Chill Project^TM.

Intensive outpatient psychiatric and behavioral health programs

Traumatic events, serious mental health concerns, and psychiatric disorders all require specialized treatments. We’ll help you start feeling more like yourself again with behavioral health services and psychiatric treatments at our specialized treatment centers and through our intensive outpatient programs.

Specialized treatment centers

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to behavioral health treatment. And sometimes, the treatments that work for most people don’t make a positive difference for you. Through our specialized treatment centers at the Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute, we can tailor our approach to target your specific concerns.

Our condition-specific treatment centers include:

• AHN Center for Psychiatric Neuromodulation, which specializes in treatment-resistant psychiatric disorders like major depressive disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and catatonia.
• AHN Center for Treatment-Resistant Depression, which addresses depressive symptoms that haven’t improved even after trying multiple therapies and medications.
• AHN Alexis Joy D’Achille Center for Perinatal Mental Health, which helps new moms and their families navigate pregnancy and postpartum with a mother-baby intensive outpatient program. 
• AHN Center for Traumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents, which helps treat symptoms of childhood trauma and stress that happen due to abuse, natural disasters, serious accidents or illnesses, refugee or war experiences, violence at home or school, and losing a loved one.

Intensive outpatient treatment programs (IOP)

Some patients with behavioral health conditions or psychiatric disorders may benefit from a higher level of care than weekly therapy appointments can provide. An IOP is a step above outpatient therapy and a step below inpatient behavioral health treatment. It’s often used to treat mood or anxiety disorders causing a significant level of impairment, safety and self-harm concerns, bipolar spectrum disorders, and trauma or stress-related disorders.

Group therapy sessions take place multiple days a week for several hours, and treatment takes between one and two months.

The Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute offers two intensive outpatient programs for adults and two for adolescents.

Adult intensive outpatient programs

• Blazier Clinic Adult Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program
• Jefferson Counseling Adult Mindfulness-Informed Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program

Adolescent intensive outpatient programs

• Blazier Clinic Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program 
• Jefferson Counseling: Adolescent Mindfulness-Informed Intensive Outpatient Treatment Program

Mindfulness programs for workplaces and schools

The Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Institute has programs that teach mindfulness techniques in workplaces and schools across western Pennsylvania.

Regularly practicing mindfulness can lead to lower levels of stress, lower blood pressure, better sleep, fewer digestive issues, and a decrease in chronic pain.

AHN Chill Project^TM

This school-based program uses mindfulness-based exercises to help students, teachers, and parents identify, discuss, and react positively to stress. The program provides dedicated professionals, a calming space, and regular instruction to help participants better handle pressure and anxiety.

Learn more about the AHN Chill Project^TM.

You are not alone

You don’t have to face psychiatric or behavioral health issues on your own. AHN can help.

If you or a loved one is:

• in immediate danger, call: 911, or go to your nearest Emergency Room, for immediate intervention and support.
• seeking an evaluation or appointment for psychiatric or behavioral health issues, call the Behavioral Health Triage Team.

Contact the Behavioral Health Triage Team

Call (412) 330-4429, Monday to Friday: 8:00 AM – 8:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM

Additional crisis hotlines and patient support information can be found on our AHN Psychiatric and Behavioral Health Institute Patient Resource Guide.