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Behavioral and Mental Health Services
Behavioral Health Services for Every Stage of Life
Whether you’re seeking support for yourself, your child or a loved one, St. Mary’s offers a full continuum of behavioral health services, from outpatient care to inpatient treatment and recovery support.
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A Full Continuum of Behavioral Healthcare
Mental health and recovery journeys are rarely the same. Some people need ongoing outpatient support. Others need more intensive treatment, crisis stabilization or addiction recovery services. Some need additional support transitioning back to home, school and community after an inpatient stay.
St. Mary’s offers one of Maine’s most comprehensive behavioral health programs, providing a wide range of services designed to meet people where they are and support them throughout their journey.
Our services include:
- Outpatient behavioral health services
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- Day Hospital Program (PHP)
- Adult inpatient behavioral health
- Adolescent inpatient behavioral health
- Strong Futures adolescent transitional support program
- Behavioral Emergency Department
- Center for Recovery
- Rapid Access Center
- Recovery Access Line
- Behavioral Health Home
Whether you’re seeking support for yourself, a family member or a loved one, our team is committed to helping you find the right level of care at the right time.
Find the Right Level of Care
Everyone’s mental health journey is different. Whether you’re experiencing a crisis, seeking additional support or helping a loved one navigate recovery, St. Mary’s offers a full continuum of behavioral health services designed to meet people where they are.
Need Help Coordinating Your Care?
Behavioral Health Home provides ongoing support for eligible MaineCare members who need help coordinating physical and behavioral healthcare, managing appointments and medications or connecting with community resources.
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Best for: MaineCare members with a mental health diagnosis who could benefit from ongoing care coordination and support.
Need More Support Than Weekly Therapy?
Sometimes people need more support than traditional outpatient counseling can provide, but do not require inpatient hospitalization. St. Mary’s offers structured behavioral health programs designed to help individuals build coping skills, stabilize symptoms and continue moving forward.
Services include:
Best for: Individuals experiencing worsening symptoms, transitioning from inpatient care or seeking additional support and skill-building.
Concerned About Your Child’s Mental Health?
St. Mary’s provides specialized behavioral health services for adolescents ages 12 to 17, including crisis stabilization, inpatient treatment and transitional support after discharge.
Services include:
- Behavioral Emergency Department
- Adolescent Inpatient Behavioral Health
- Strong Futures adolescent transitional support program
Our adolescent behavioral health team provides compassionate, evidence-based care in a safe, structured environment while helping families navigate treatment, recovery and the transition back to everyday life.
Best for: Adolescents experiencing worsening mental health symptoms, emotional distress, safety concerns or a mental health crisis.
Experiencing a Mental Health Crisis?
Our Behavioral Emergency Department and adult inpatient behavioral health program provide assessment, stabilization and treatment for adults experiencing a mental health crisis.
Services include:
Best for: Adults experiencing severe symptoms, safety concerns or a mental health emergency.
Seeking Help for Substance Use or Addiction?
The Center for Recovery offers comprehensive addiction treatment services, including rapid access evaluations, inpatient treatment and connections to ongoing recovery support.
Services include:
Best for: Individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders or support in recovery.
Not Sure Where to Start?
You don’t have to figure it out alone.
Our team can help determine the level of care that best fits your needs and connect you with the appropriate services.
Call 207-777-8700
Connecting Hearts, Healing Minds: A Community Approach to Mental Health
At St. Mary’s, we offer a wide range of behavioral and mental health services for individuals of all ages. We believe that people experiencing mental illness or substance use challenges are not alone. These are common and treatable conditions, and support is available.
Our team is here to listen, guide and walk with you toward healing, with care that respects your dignity and focuses on your well-being.
Services
Day Hospital Program (Partial Hospitalization Program)
Get more support without a hospital stay. The Day Hospital Program at St. Mary’s offers short-term, structured mental health treatment for adults who need more than weekly therapy but do not need inpatient care.
Patients attend five days a week and take part in group therapy, skill-building and medication support, all in a welcoming and supportive setting.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
Flexible support that fits into daily life. The Intensive Outpatient Program at St. Mary’s provides structured mental health treatment for adults who need more support than traditional outpatient therapy but do not require inpatient or day-level care.
Participants typically attend several days per week and engage in evidence-based group therapy, individualized treatment planning and medication management, helping patients build skills and maintain progress while continuing work, school or family responsibilities.
St. Mary’s Adult Inpatient Psychiatric Unit offers short-term, intensive treatment in a safe and supportive setting. Opened in December 2021, this modern unit is designed to help adults experiencing a psychiatric illness or mental health crisis stabilize and begin healing.
Patients receive 24/7 care from a dedicated team of mental health professionals in a secure and welcoming environment.
St. Mary’s Adolescent Behavioral Unit provides short-term crisis stabilization for youth ages 12 to 17 in need of a safe, structured environment.
We care for adolescents experiencing a range of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, ADHD and psychosis, when outpatient care is not enough.
Center for Recovery
Immediate help for mental health and substance use
At St. Mary’s Center for Recovery, we offer daily same-day evaluations and admissions in a calm, welcoming setting. Whether you’re seeking help for the first time or returning for support, our team meets you where you are and walks with you on your journey.
What we offer
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Rapid Access Center: Open every day from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for same-day assessment and care
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Inpatient Stabilization: Short-term medical and behavioral support to help stabilize you before ongoing treatment
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Inpatient Treatment: Structured care tailored to your recovery goals
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Evidence-based care: Proven treatment methods that consider your whole person
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Seamless transitions: We connect you with outpatient care at St. Mary’s or community partners, so you are never alone after you leave
Recovery starts the moment you reach out. We are here every day when you are ready.
A Safe and Effective Treatment Option
Electroconvulsive Therapy, or ECT, is a medical treatment that has helped many people find relief from serious depression and bipolar disorder. It uses gentle carefully controlled electrical activity to support the brain’s natural healing process. The treatment is provided by a team that stays with you every step of the way and makes sure you are comfortable and cared for throughout the experience.
How This Approach Can Improve Daily Life
Patients often describe ECT as the first time they have felt real progress in their recovery. It can lift mood brighten energy and help people reconnect with parts of their life that depression or bipolar disorder may have taken from them. ECT has a long history of helping people feel more like themselves and it remains one of the most effective options for those facing severe mood symptoms.
When This Treatment May Be the Right Choice
ECT may be helpful for people who have been struggling for a long time with symptoms that make daily life feel overwhelming. It can offer support when medications or therapy have not brought enough improvement or when symptoms feel too heavy to manage alone. Many people who receive ECT have tried multiple treatments already and are looking for something that can truly make a difference.
ECT may be considered when symptoms are not improving enough with other treatments or when a quicker response is needed to help someone feel safe and stable. Your provider will take the time to learn about your experiences talk through your concerns and help you decide if ECT might be the right next step for you. The decision is always made together with care and respect.
St. Mary's Health System
93 Campus Avenue
Lewiston, ME 04240
(207) 777-8100
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