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Customized Treatment Plans
Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
ALL Services On-Site
Trauma-Informed Care
About Erlanger Behavioral Health Hospital
In the heart of Chattanooga, Erlanger Behavioral Health offers a lifeline: mental health and addiction treatment. Their 144-bed center offers a safe, healing space for individuals of all ages—from adolescents to seniors—navigating the challenges of psychiatric disorders, substance use or both. Whether someone is in crisis and needs inpatient stabilization or is ready for a structured outpatient program, they meet people where they are.
Erlanger takes a collaborative approach to treatment, where care is comprehensive and compassionate. Every client’s plan is shaped by a team of medical and behavioral doctors who understand that lasting recovery comes from treating the whole person, not just the diagnosis. Their programs are structured but flexible, combining psychiatric and medical support, all delivered in a setting to make clients feel safe and heard.
In the foothills of Chattanooga, Erlanger Behavioral Health is designed to be a refuge from the chaos and pain that often accompany behavioral health concerns. With peaceful outdoor spaces and welcoming communal areas, every detail is crafted to support comfort and healing. Whether taking a quiet moment in nature or sharing a meal with peers, clients can begin to exhale for the first time in a long time.
Erlanger Behavioral Health understands that transitioning back to everyday life can be one of the most vulnerable points in a client’s journey. That’s why their aftercare planning begins the moment they arrive. They create individualized roadmaps for ongoing support, whether that means outpatient care, support groups, medication management, or community resources.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:Please call our admissions team for more information on insurance coverage. A knowledgeable member of our team can answer any financial questions you might have, and they can also reach out directly to your insurance carrier to verify and maximize your benefits. This service is free and puts you under no obligation to choose our programming.
Adolescence is a time of change, pressure, and vulnerability; and for many teens, it can feel overwhelming. Erlanger helps adolescents find stability and hope for whatever unique emotional and social challenges they face. Depending on their needs, their care plan may include basic medical care, daily group therapy, elements of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and family therapy.
Struggling with both mental health and addiction can feel like fighting a battle on two fronts—but clients don’t need to do it alone. Erlanger’s dual diagnosis program treats both conditions together, not separately. Because healing only one piece of the puzzle leaves clients vulnerable to relapse and continued pain, they help uncover the root causes and build a future of lasting recovery.
When mental illness feels isolating, Erlanger Behavioral Health offers a place of expertise and hope. They specialize in treating severe and complex mental health conditions, including schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. For those also battling substance use, they provide treatment that addresses both at the same time because healing shouldn’t have to happen in pieces.
Healing looks different at every stage of life—that’s why Erlanger offers age-specific treatment for adolescents, adults, and older adults so that their care resonates with their experiences, challenges, and emotional needs. Whether a teen struggles with anxiety in a world full of social pressures, or an adult faces the weight of trauma or mental health struggles, their separate units and approaches create a focused space to recover.
Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Children
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
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Detox
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
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Day Treatment
In a PHP, patients live at home but follow an intensive schedule of treatment. Most programs require you to be on-site for about 40 hours per week.
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Intensive Inpatient
The highest level of care, medically managed intensive inpatient services provides 24-hour nursing and physician care.
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Outpatient
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
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Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
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Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
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Medical
Medical addiction treatment uses approved medications to manage withdrawals and cravings, and to treat contributing mental health conditions.
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
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Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
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Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
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Motivational Interviewing
Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.
Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Grief and Loss
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
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Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
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Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
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Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
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Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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Intensive Outpatient Program
In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.
Healthy Meals are provided
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
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