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We Believe in Healthcare for the Whole Person

At Baptist Health, we focus on the whole person – body, mind, and spirit. Our behavioral health services provide care for individuals dealing with mental illness, such as anxiety, depression, and drug and alcohol dependency. With treatment plans tailored to meet each person’s needs, we help our patients understand and manage their conditions.

Mental illness is just that, a form of illness. The phrase typically refers to a wide range of conditions that are most evident in a person’s feelings, thought patterns, and behaviors rather than in physical injury or ailment. Symptoms must be prolonged or severe enough to create issues in daily living, with personal relationships, or result in harm to oneself or others. Mental illness is treatable through several therapeutic methods, sometimes in combination, taking into account the physical, psychological, social, cultural, and hereditary roots of the disorder.

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Who We Serve

The Baptist Health behavioral health team administers programs for persons from all age groups with a wide variety of psychological, emotional, and lifestyle issues. We have a presence in markets around the region, including:

• Louisville
• Lexington
• La Grange
• Elizabethtown
• Madisonville
• Paducah
• Corbin
• Richmond
• New Albany, Indiana

Teen Mental Health

Suicide among teens is a leading cause of death. Learn more about Baptist Health's teen mental health programs, which offer mental health crisis intervention.

Suicide Awareness & Resources

Whether you're an existing patient or new to Baptist Health, we can help you find the resources you need. From mental health screenings and informational packets to healthcare management tools—including online bill pay and medical record requests—we’re here to help.

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Get Expert Care from Our Certified Behavioral Health Specialists

Baptist Health has a fully staffed and accredited team of behavioral health specialists located in markets throughout our service area. Team members include psychiatrists, psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, counselors, and other care providers. Our cumulative levels of education and experience make Baptist Health one of the leading providers of behavioral health services in the region.

Areas where we have invested significant resources include:

• Intensive outpatient programs for substance abuse and chemical dependency.
• Medication-assisted treatment programs for substance abuse.
• Adult detoxification recovery programs.
• Inpatient and intensive outpatient behavioral health programs for adolescents.
• Inpatient behavioral health programs for adults.
• Inpatient behavioral health programs for seniors.

FAQ

What Is Behavioral Health?

Behavioral health is an umbrella term for the psychological, emotional, and lifestyle facets of individual wellness. It embraces the diagnostic and therapeutic methods used by medical practitioners to analyze and treat mental and emotional disorders, irrational or destructive behaviors, substance use, negative coping skills, and other related sources of personal difficulty.

What Are Some Examples of Behavioral Health?

Behavioral health addresses a wide variety of psychological and emotional issues, including mental health disorders, lifestyle choices and patterns, social behaviors, decision-making habits, and coping skills. Conditions treated include depression and anxiety, alcohol and drug use, difficulties with interpersonal relationships, stress management, suicidal thoughts and tendencies, and cognitive obstacles to effective living.

How Does Behavioral Health Care Work?

Behavioral health care focuses broadly on the psychological and emotional aspects of well-being, in contrast to the more limited emphasis of medical science on the measurable and verifiable. Behavioral health treats the whole person, with an understanding that subjective psychological states are as important to human wellness as objective physiological ones. Behavioral health practice utilizes talk and other forms of therapy, medication management, and integrated care models to deliver treatment. Professionals who provide behavioral health services include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, and others.

How Can I Find a Behavioral Health Clinic?

To find a Baptist Health behavioral health clinic near you, use our online location directory on the Baptist Health website. If you're looking for a provider, you can use our online provider directory, speak with your primary care physician, or call our Behavioral Health Resource Connection hotline at 1.800.395.4435. Baptist Health has fully accredited behavioral health providers in every market we serve in Kentucky and Southern Indiana.