Community Services

Manhattan Psychiatric Center's (MPC) Community Services are located in the Adam Clayton Powell State Office building at 163 West 125th Street 11th & 12th floors, New York City, New York 10027. Services located at this site include a Licensed Adult Outpatient Mental Health Clinic; an Intensive Case Management (ICM) program; a Bridger/Case Management program; Service for the Treatment and Abatement of Interpersonal Risk (STAIR) follow up program: and, a Family Care program. Services are offered in a culturally and linguistically sensitive manner to adults 18 and over.  Community Services incorporate evidence based practices in striving to provide state of the art, individualized services to consumers. Families/Significant Other(s) are involved as appropriate and with the permission of the consumer. Community Services also has an active Consumer Advisory Council to ensure consumer input in all aspects of planning for services as well as addressing consumer concerns. A brochure is available for a description of different services available at the 125th Street site.

• The licensed adult mental health clinic offers an array of individualized, recovery based, mental health services to help enrolled consumers successfully manage and obtain life goals for community based living. Clinic services offered include assessment, health screening and referral, individualized treatment planning, verbal therapy (both individual and group), medication therapy, medication education, symptom management, self help, case management, crisis intervention, clinical support, discharge planning, educational and vocational skills counseling/job placement and referrals to other community providers such as Psychosocial Clubhouse programs. Clinic Services help consumers address alcohol/substance abuse issues Mentally Ill Chemical Abuser (MICA) as well as other identified problem issues. Clinic group services also include specialized services e.g., a continuation of both Cognitive Remediation as well as the STAIR program from MPC inpatient services, trauma focused groups.  The clinic offers a full day of individual and group services and has an evening clinic for consumers (and families/significant others) who need to access services at times other than the normal clinic business day.
• The Psychiatric Outpatient Follow up Program provides regular psychiatric assessments and follow up treatments to all registered outpatients using a range of psychopharmacological and supportive interventions. Treatments are also coordinated with medical follow up appointments either at the clinic or at community providers.
• The ICM program is designed to offer 24 hour/7 day per week intensive individual support to eligible consumers who may have demonstrated risk factors and/or a history of not successfully being able to manage community living. A preponderance of consumers served have Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) status. Currently, MPC has two ICM Teams:  Northern Manhattan and Manhattan/Bronx and serve MPC as well as non-MPC eligible consumers.
• The Bridger/Case Management program is designed to help consumers discharged from MPC’s specialized STAIR program or non-STAIR patients discharged to MPC’s Transitional Living Residence successfully transition to more independent, community based living. Services include support, advocacy, linkages, diligent follow up and reengagement.
• The STAIR follow up program in the clinic includes a group modality as well as intensive follow up to assess and document progress in the community. Cognitive skill training is a significant component of the STAIR outpatient treatment.
• The Family Care program places appropriate, discharged patients from Manhattan Psychiatric Center in certified family homes in the community after it is determined a consumer can best attain his/her goals in the community while residing in a private family home type of setting.  A brochure is available both to prospective providers as well as consumers who are interested in Family Care.

Comments or questions about the information on this page can be directed to the Manhattan Psychiatric Center.