- Addiction
- Mental Health
- About Us
Rehabs by Location
About Us
Recovery.com combines independent research with expert guidance on addiction and mental health treatment. Our mission is to help everyone find the best path to recovery through the most comprehensive, helpful network of treatment providers worldwide.
Advisory Board
Our advisory board brings together leaders in behavioral health, technology, and business. Their diverse expertise ensures our resources and product are innovative, evidence-based, and effective. They guide our mission as accomplished individuals dedicated to improving the landscape of addiction recovery and mental wellness.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare
Verified
Verified
This provider’s information has been quality-checked by Recovery.com’s Research Team for accuracy and completeness, including center verification through appropriate third-party organizations.
Joint Commission Accredited
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
Insurance AcceptedInsurance AcceptedProvider'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.
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
The cost listed here (Call for rates) is an estimate of the cash pay price. Center pricing can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.
Highlights from the Center
Highlights
These highlights are provided by and paid for by the center.
Holistic Approach
ALL Services On-Site
Adolescents
Call Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare
Connect with Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare by calling their admissions team directly.
Part of the Acadia Healthcare network.
About Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare
Southwood Children’s Behavioral Healthcare provides specialized and age-appropriate care for children and teens facing emotional, behavioral, developmental, and cognitive challenges. They offer acute inpatient care, residential programs for clients with behavioral, developmental needs, and sexually maladaptive behaviors, and family-based mental health services. Their personalized approach and strong family support programs create a safe, therapeutic environment focused on long-term healing and success.
Heal in a Supportive, Youth-Focused Environment
Southwood’s compassionate care team specializes in child development and behavioral health for children and teens. Their inpatient programs follow a trauma-informed, evidence-based approach using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Group therapy plays a central role, helping kids connect with peers who share similar experiences. To encourage healing and growth, experiential therapies like yoga, music, and art are integrated, allowing young clients to enjoy their youth in a supportive and fun environment.
Foster Well-Being in a Safe, Welcoming Setting
This facility is specifically designed for children and teens, offering a vibrant, welcoming environment for healing. Clients benefit from shared accommodations that provide comfort and a sense of community. Thoughtfully designed spaces across the campus allow kids to engage in recreational activities and play during free time, supporting both emotional and social growth. Every aspect of the center fosters a safe, supportive atmosphere to help young clients feel connected.
Build Confidence for Life After Treatment
Southwood understands that a client’s time at the facility is just one step in their healing journey. To ensure lasting success, the care team develops personalized treatment plans that prepare each client for life after discharge. Clients and families also gain access to peer support groups and community resources. This ongoing support helps ease the transition and strengthens each client’s foundation for long-term healing.
Read More
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.
Tricare
Providing health care programs that reinforce, maintain, and sustain good health for uniformed service members, retirees, and their families globally.
Cigna
Cigna's unique history traces back to 1792, but today they offer services to 190 million customers in 30 different countries across the globe.
BlueCross BlueShield
A leading healthcare provider serving over 100 million Americans as one of the largest insurance companies in the country.
United Healthcare
Offering plans to individuals and businesses throughout the United States and in countries around the world.
Empower Growth Through Family-Centered Care
Southwood’s Family Based Mental Health Services (FBMHS) bring home-based support to children and teens at risk of hospitalization. With 24/7 access to skilled clinicians, families receive crisis stabilization, therapy, and case management. By focusing on the entire family, these services nurture healing, strengthen bonds, and help young clients build a strong foundation for wellness.
Encourage Positive Change with Trauma-Informed Care
Southwood’s residential CHOICES program specializes in helping young boys with serious mental health concerns and sexually maladaptive behaviors. In a structured environment, clients receive individualized, trauma-informed care that meets their unique needs. Through therapeutic interventions and family involvement, the program fosters healing, accountability, and healthier relationships.
Support Growth for Children with Developmental Challenges
Southwood offers specialized care for children and teens ages 6–21 with developmental disabilities and autism spectrum disorder. With a compassionate, individualized approach rooted in family involvement and evidence-based practices, the program helps each child grow in a safe, supportive environment. Strong family partnerships and community connections ensure lasting progress beyond residential care.
Encourage Lasting Progress for Co-Occurring Disorders
As the only behavioral health hospital in the region dedicated solely to treating young people, Southwood offers trauma-focused, compassionate care. Their expert team helps kids heal from challenges like abuse, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), suicidal ideation, and grief, promoting lasting growth and resilience.
Verified by Recovery.com
Our research team verified that the name, location, contact information and license to operate for this treatment provider are valid and up-to-date. Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare has verified the information on this page to be accurate.
Joint Commission Accredited
Licensed by Pennsylvania
Recovery.com is an independent, third-party mental health resource. Verification does not imply endorsement and does not guarantee the quality of treatment services
Center Overview
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.
Treatment Focus
This center specializes in primary mental health treatment and offers programs for co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment for whole-person healing.
Treatment
Specializations
Intensive Inpatient
The highest level of care, medically managed intensive inpatient services provides 24-hour nursing and physician care.
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.
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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.
Treatment Services
Intensive Inpatient
The highest level of care, medically managed intensive inpatient services provides 24-hour nursing and physician care.
Intensive Family Program
Some rehabs offer intensive programs for loved ones. Group and individual therapy sessions help everyone heal, and improve family dynamics.
Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Family Involvement
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
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.
Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Play Therapy
This approach is commonly used with children. It incorporates elements of play and self-expression, like boardgames, finger painting, dolls, and blocks.
Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Music Therapy
Singing, performing, and even listening to music can be therapeutic. Music therapy sessions are facilitated by certified counselors.
Psychoeducation
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
Recreation Therapy
In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.
Conditions We Treat
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.
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
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.
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.
Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
Substances We Treat
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Learn more about Southwood Children's Behavioral Healthcare
We love hearing about your treatment experience
Help individuals and families seeking treatment by sharing your first-hand experience with this treatment provider. Review Guidelines.