General Info

Appalachian Behavioral Healthcare, located in Athens, Ohio, is a Medicare- and Medicaid-certified health care agency. It provides inpatient care for adults suffering from acute mental illnesses. The agency is approved by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization. It provides various services, including evaluation, intensive psychiatric care, recovery, psychiatry, psychology and social services. Additionally, the agency provides work evaluation, patient education, and occupational and recreational therapies. It provides various services, such as intensive and specialized services, forensic and risk management, community support and network services. The agency also provides mental health services to individuals referred by the criminal justice system. The Community Support Network Product Line of the agency provides specialized behavioral health care to patients suffering from persistent mental illness with the aid of local mental health boards. It also offers services to children through community support networks and programs and family support activities, such as Ohio Reads and Adopt-a-School.