Clifford Beers Clinic

The mission of the Clifford Beers Clinic is to provide accessible community-based mental health services and advocacy promoting healthy and resilient lives for children and families.

Description:
We provide a broad range of outpatient and emergency services that include:
Psychiatric diagnosis and treatment
Family violence programs
-Family violence treatment
-Sexual abuse treatment
-Sexually aggressive/reactive youth treatment
Emergency crisis intervention
AIDS/HIV-affected children and families program
Infant and toddler developmental assessment
Professional intern development and training
Outreach initiatives
-Home and neighborhood-based treatment services
-School-based clinics
-Substance abuse prevention and treatment
-Parent training and education
-Advocacy and case management for victims
of sexual abuse and domestic violence
-Collaboration with other human service
agencies

Our culturally diverse staff includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, consulting pediatrician, nurse-clinician, and bachelor-level counselors.

History:
Established in 1913, the Clifford Beers Clinic is the oldest community-based non-profit outpatient mental health clinic in the country.

The Clinic continues to build on its tradition of innovative and specialized psychiatric care, through specialized services and outreach initiatives.

Clifford Beers Clinic was founded by Clifford Whittingham Beers, seen by many as the founder of the mental health movement. In his autobiography, "The Mind That Found Itself," Clifford Beers wrote,
"A pen rather than a lance has been my weapon of offence and defense; for with its point I have felt sure that I should one day prick the civic conscience into a compassionate activity and thus bring into a neglected field earnest men and women who should act as champions for those afflicted thousands least able to fight for themselves." We, at the Clifford Beers Clinic, strive to carry on the legacy of Mr. Beers as well as encourage others to act as advocates for children & families.

Contact person: Kate Dombrowski, Events/Marketing Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (203)772-0051

Address:

93 Edwards Street New Haven, CT 06511 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.cliffordbeers.org

Directions:

Clifford Beers CLinic is located at 93 Edwards Street, in the East Rock area of New Haven, between State and Orange Streets. The Clinic is a large brick building. By highway: I-95 to I-91 to Exit 3 (Trumbull Street).. . . (more)   Nearest Bus Stop: M(State St): corner of Lawrence and Foster; or A (Orange St): corner of Orange and Edwards, 1 block minute walk

Last updated on May 6, 2009