There are numerous mental-health hospitals and facilities in and around Philadelphia. The prestigious College of Physicians of Philadelphia---the oldest professional organization in America, which has as its mission the advancement of medicine and its ideals---lists four mental-health hospitals in or near Philadelphia: Eagleville Hospital, Fairmount Behavioral Health System, Foundations Behavioral Health and Friends Hospital. Treatment for a wide variety of behavioral or emotional illnesses, for people of all ages, can be found at these facilities.
Mental Illness
More than 40 million Americans suffer from a mental illness every year, according to the website phillyhealthinfo.org. Teams of personnel staff the leading hospitals to treat the wide range of illnesses, including drug addiction, depression, anxiety, dementia, suicidal impulses, bipolar disorders and uncontrollable rage. They include psychiatrists, who may prescribe medication; psychologists, who perform private or group therapy; and social workers or counselors to help patients in areas such as stress management and family therapy.
Eagleville
Eagleville Hospital, located in Eagleville, Pennsylvania, about 35 miles from Philadelphia, is a nonprofit, 318-bed hospital that treats only substance abuse and the emotional or behavior disorders that often exist with it. Eagleville is staffed with psychiatrists, therapists, social workers and addiction counselors. It offers outpatient as well as inpatient services.
Fairmount
Fairmount, located in Philadelphia and in existence for more than 80 years, treats children, adolescents and adults. The staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, clinical social workers and case managers. Fairmount cares for patients with extreme anger, panic disorders, attention-deficit disorders and family conflict, among other behavioral disorders.
Foundations
Foundations, located 40 miles from Philadelphia in Bucks County, is a 94-bed psychiatric hospital that treats children, adolescents (ages 8 to 18) and young adults (17 to 21). It has inpatient and outpatient care and treatment includes individual, group and family therapy as well as psychopharmacology.
Friendship
Friendship Hospital, founded in 1813 in Philadelphia, has four basic treatment programs: adolescents, for ages 12 to 18; adults, for ages 18 to 55; "Greystone Residential," for adults with persistent and severe problems; and older adults, for those with such disorders as dementia, Alzheimer's disease and psychosis, or a fundamental disorder typically including hallucinations, delusions and the lack of a sense of reality.
