Behavioral health care is an integral part of the holistic care we provide. VNS Health offers comprehensive behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults throughout New York City.
Behavioral Health Services
Our services span the continuum of behavioral health needs, including:
- Substance use treatment
- Crisis intervention and outreach
- Family advocacy and peer support
- Psychiatric and mental health care
- Integrated care management
- Post-acute transitional care
- Outpatient mental health treatment
- Psychiatric assessment
The goal: To partner with you and enable your patients and clients to remain in their communities, out of hospitals or behavioral health facilities.
Our home care clinicians also monitor their patients for mental health conditions and can recommend behavioral health services as needed.
Questions about a specific program?
Contact information for individual programs can be found on our full list of behavioral health programs. Or fill out our Behavioral Health Referral Form to get more information.
Behavioral Health Referral Information
Our interdisciplinary teams provide care for vulnerable community members of all ages and in all boroughs of New York City, regardless of their ability to pay.
Some of our programs require a referral, while many can be accessed directly. Our comprehensive list of programs and services includes eligibility and contact information. The list can also be filtered by age, location, and need.
Refer to Behavioral Health
For information or to refer a patient or client to VNS Health for behavioral health services, please complete the Behavioral Health Referral Form.
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC)
As one of only 16 Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHCs) in New York City, VNS Health provides fully integrated mental health and substance use treatment, as well as connection to primary care and social services.
The hub of these services is our clinic in the South Bronx. However, services are available to anyone in the five boroughs who needs them.
We offer:
- Crisis mental health services, including 24-hour mobile crisis teams, emergency crisis intervention, and crisis stabilization
- Screening, assessment, and diagnosis for mental health and substance use
- Patient-centered treatment planning
- Outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment
- Primary care screening and monitoring
- Targeted case management
- Psychiatric rehabilitation services
- Peer support services and family support services
- Services for members of the armed services and veterans
The clinic is open evenings and weekends, so working people, school-age children, teens, and families can get help when they need it.
Refer to the CCBHC
To refer a patient or client to the CCBHC integrated mental health and substance use clinic, content 718-742-7000 or email [email protected].
Behavioral Health Post-Acute Transitional Care
VNS Health works in close collaboration with health plan and provider teams to provide post-acute transitional care to individuals with chronic and complex behavioral health conditions.
Our early intervention solutions are designed to interrupt the cycle of inpatient and emergency department admissions and readmissions and improve overall health outcomes.
We deliver comprehensive, interdisciplinary care management and treatment, at increasing levels of intensity, deploying integrated, needs-based clinical support and resources — at home and in the community.
Behavioral Health Service Areas
We provide behavioral health care in NYC. Our service areas include:
- The Bronx
- Brooklyn
- Manhattan
- Queens
- Staten Island