Where Are the Top 5 Mental Health Hospitals in the United States?

Introduction

There are many mental health hospitals in the U.S with some specializing in Psychiatry while others are general hospitals with a separate division offering psychiatry services. In total, US has 5,754 registered hospitals. The ranking below is according to surveys done in the US over a three year period, from 2009 to 2011 to determine the best mental health hospitals in the country. Respondents in the surveys were psychiatric specialists, and this goes to show the credibility of the rankings.

General Hospitals with a Psychiatry Division

One of the general medical and surgical hospitals that is also well ranked in terms of offering psychiatry services in the US is called The Johns Hopkins Hospital. Interestingly, the hospital’s mental health department is ranked first amongst the mental health hospitals in the country. The Johns Hopkins Hospital is located in Baltimore City, Maryland, 21287 on 600 North Wolfe Street. The hospital has other departments which are located on 601 North Caroline Street and 200 North Wolfe Street. The exact buildings on which these two other branches are located are, the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center and David M. Rubenstein Child Health Building respectively. The Johns Hopkins Hospital has a bed capacity of 918. It is a teaching hospital with a number of accreditations to its name, including the CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) and Joint Commission.

Second on this list of general medical and surgery hospitals with psychiatry department is The Massachusetts General Hospital. The hospital’s psychiatry section is ranked second amongst the best mental health facilities in the US. It is located in Massachusetts, Boston City, MA 02114, on 55 Fruit Street. Massachusetts General Hospital has a bed capacity of 907. The hospital is a teaching hospital with various other accreditations including the Joint Commission.

The last of these general hospitals to be ranked among the top five mental health ones in the US is the New York –Presbyterian University Hospital of Columbia and Cornell. The hospital’s psychiatry department is ranked fourth in the mental health category. It is located in on 525 East 68th Street, New York City, NY, 10021. From the name, it is clear that the hospital is a teaching hospital. It has a bed capacity of 2,249, and amongst the caps to its name include the JC and the CARF accreditations.

Specifically Psychiatric Hospitals

The McLean Hospital is specifically a mental health hospital and is ranked third amongst these types of hospitals. It is found in Belmont City, MA 02478-9106 on 115 Mill Street. It has a bed capacity of 177 with thousands of admissions every year. The hospital is JC accredited.
Closing the top five mental health facilities in the US is the Menninger Clinic which is a psychiatry clinic hospital and located in Houston City, Texas 77080 on 2801 Gessner. It has a bed capacity of 102 and is JC accredited.

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