Mental Health Information
Services
UMMMC Ambulatory Psychiatry Clinic
The UMMMC Ambulatory Psychiatry Clinic provides services for patients with a wide variety of psychiatric disorders, using pharmacotherapy, individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, intensive outpatient, and day treatment modalities. The Clinic is open 5 days a week, with early evening appointments available.
For further information on ambulatory psychiatry services, contact our Patient Services Office at (508) 856-2551.
UMMMC Emergency Mental Health Service (EMHS)
The UMMMC Emergency Mental Health Service (EMHS) is the evaluation site for patients in psychiatric crisis in the greater Worcester area. It is a 24-hour, 7-day per week service staffed by crisis intervention specialists, nurses, and psychiatric residents assigned to the combined EMHS and C-L service.
EMHS provides both initial diagnostic evaluation and crisis intervention, as well as overnight crisis stabilization services. For more information on emergency mental health services in the central Massachusetts area, call (508) 856-3562.
The Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry service provides psychiatric outreach to virtually all of the medical and surgical services at the UMass Memorial Medical Center. Psychiatric consultations at UMMMC may be obtained through the Consult-Liaison secretary at extension X62148.
UMMMC Adult Mental Health Unit
A 27-bed locked inpatient unit serving the greater Worcester area is located in the UMass Memorial Medical Center. The AMHU provides short-term intensive inpatient care, as well as partial hospitalization and acute observation services. For admissions and further information, contact (508) 856-2761.
The UMMMC Department of Psychiatry maintains a significant commitment to public sector psychiatry in inpatient, emergency, and community settings, and has received several awards in this area.
Community Healthlink is an urban mental health outpatient clinic in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a commitment to providing care for low-income and severely chronically mentally ill patients who require long-term outpatient treatment, day treatment, vocational training and supervised housing. For more information contact Community Healthlink at (508) 860-1000.
UMMMC psychiatrists also practice at other mental health centers which serve similar urban and rural populations in central and western Massachusetts. For information on mental health services in the north central Massachusetts area, contact the Herbert Lipton Center in Fitchburg at (508) 534-6116. For information on mental health services in western Massachusetts, contact the Carson Center in Westfield at (413) 568-6141.
UMMS Public Sector Division
The UMMS Department of Psychiatry maintains a significant commitment to public sector psychiatry in inpatient, emergency, and community settings, and has received several awards in this area.
Community Healthlink and other Mental Health Centers
Community Healthlink is an urban mental health outpatient clinic in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a commitment to providing care for low-income and severely chronically mentally ill patients who require long-term outpatient treatment, day treatment, vocational training and supervised housing. For more information contact Community Healthlink at (508) 860-1000.
UMMMC psychiatrists also practice at other mental health centers which serve similar urban and rural populations in central and western Massachusetts. For information on mental health services in the north central Massachusetts area, contact the Herbert Lipton Center in Fitchburg at (508) 534-6116. For information on mental health services in western Massachusetts, contact the Carson Center in Westfield at (413) 568-6141.
UMMMC Psychiatric Treatment Center
The Psychiatric Treatment Center (PTC) is a short-term locked inpatient treatment unit staffed and managed by UMMMC Department of Psychiatry to serve the severely and chronically mentally ill and dually-diagnosed mentally ill population in the greater Worcester area. For admissions and information call (508) 856-1471.
UMMMC Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division
The Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Division provides a broad range of diagnostic assessments and treatments for children and families.
Subspecialty outpatient clinics are offered for Child Psychopharmacology, Child Diagnostics, Child Forensics, and Infant Psychiatry. For more information on child psychiatric outpatient services, contact the Patient Services Office at (508) 856-2551.
The Pediatric Psychiatry Consultation-Liaison Service provides a variety of child psychiatric services to the UMMMC Department of Pediatrics. Pediatric psychiatric consultations at UMMMC may be obtained through the Child Consult-Liaison secretary at extension 62193.
Other UMMMC Psychiatric Services
Marlborough Hospital (Inpatient Psychiatric Services)
(508) 845-1121
Neuropsychiatry Evaluations and Consultations
(508) 856-2537