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Behavioral Health Services

Mental Health Care for All Ages

J. C. Blair Behavioral Health Services offer confidential and comprehensive services dedicated to helping people help themselves. By coordinating inpatient and outpatient care into one facility, the staff is able to provide a comfortable atmosphere of growth in an environment close to home and family.
The team's goals for you and your personal goals are identical: to help you modify your feelings, attitudes, and behaviors in order to enjoy life and relationships and to establish a functional social and/or work role in family and community settings.

• Inpatient Care
• Children's Partial Hospitalization Program
• Additional Programs
• Referrals and Admissions

Medical Director:  Shujaat Nathani, M.D.
Executive Director: Lisa Hann, M.S.
Phone: (814) 643-8880

Inpatient Care

J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital offers a comprehensive psychiatric, medical, and psychosocial evaluation which allows the psychiatrist and interdisciplinary team to design the most beneficial individualized treatment plan. The plan is carried out in an environment that is comfortable and private. The program is designed to meet your rehabilitative goals by integrating your needs, interests, and capabilities into therapeutic activities and groups.

Inpatient psychiatric services at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital are open to adults and older adults presenting with a wide range of mental health concerns. Inpatient services are designed to stabilize the symptoms of one's mental illness while preparing the individual for ongoing outpatient treatment and support.

Children's Partial Hospitalization Program

The Children's Partial Hospitalization Program (CPHP) is an intensive outpatient service designed to provide a comprehensive approach to treatment by offering group psychotherapy, medication management, and therapeutic peer interaction. CPHP is designed for children age 5-14.

Offered in an outpatient setting, treatment is available up to five days per week. Treatment focuses on specific issues including feeling identification, communications skills, stress reductions, assertiveness training, self-esteem/self-concept building, and symptom management.

Additional Programs

Employee Assistance Program: Area employers contract with J.C. Blair Behavioral Health Services for confidential treatment services for their employees. For additional information on this service, please contact Lisa Hann, Executive Director at (814) 643-8880.

Presentations & Workshops: The staff of Behavioral Health Services is available to conduct free presentations and workshops on a variety of mental health related topics. To schedule a presentation, please contact Shelly Rivello, Outreach Coordinator at (814) 643-8785.

Educational Materials: As a community provider, Behavioral Health Services is dedicated to providing updated educational materials to clients and the general community. A variety of free resources are available upon request on a variety of mental health related topics. For educational materials, please contact Shelly Rivello, Outreach Coordinator at (814) 643-8785.

Referrals and Admissions

J. C. Blair Behavioral Health Services welcome self referrals as well as referrals from physicians, psychologists, hospitals, schools, community agencies, clergy, and family members. Referrals for Inpatient care must be 18 or older. Outpatient Counseling serves any age.