At Providence, we are working to change how we care for our patients with behavioral health needs.
Behavioral health is more than mental health. It includes the treatment of mental illnesses as well as emotional well-being, domestic violence, substance abuse and other addictive behaviors. At Providence, we are integrating behavioral health care into the primary care setting. By caring for the whole person, we can reduce the reluctance many patients have when seeking help for behavioral health issues.
Donors help us fund projects and services that benefit patients struggling with issues related to
behavioral health.
Featured Projects:
Senior Psychiatric Unit at Providence Milwaukie Hospital
This unit provides short-term inpatient behavioral health services for patients 65 and older. Our safe and secure environment allows patients to maintain as much normalcy in their everyday routines as possible. Family involvement is highly encouraged to ensure a smooth transition back home or to a residential care facility.
Support the Senior Psychiatric UnitPathway Behavioral Health Program at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center
This new program serves about 24 kids per day between the ages of 13 and 17 who are experiencing a significant mental health crisis. Participants and their families engage in an intensive 28-day therapy program during which they attend individual, group, and family therapy sessions for 6 hours each day at Providence St. Vincent Medical Center. This program fills a critical and significant gap in mental health care for this very vulnerable population. It does not exist anywhere else within Oregon.
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center
This unit offers treatment programs for children up to 17 years old. Our programs are age-appropriate and flexible to individual needs using problem-solving approaches. Family involvement is encouraged during treatment as well as with care planning and discharge planning.
Support the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
Many of our Providence Foundations fund programs and services are related to behavioral health. Here are other ways to support this effort.
#Work2BeWell
The BeWell Student Advisory Council is a group of students from Oregon and California who work together on school mental health initiatives, social media campaigns and other special projects. They created the #Work2BeWell website to house mental health resources and inspiration.
Goals of the council include:
- To be the example and blueprint for how schools address mental health with a youth-driven program.
- Provide educational resources, contacts and examples of their #Work2BeWell work for other student councils to adopt nationwide.
- Eliminate stigma through positive social media campaigns like #Digital4Good.
Recently, a student-led effort resulted in passage of Oregon House Bill 2191 allowing students to take mental health days as an excused absence. View the video below to learn how the students made the passage of the bill possible. Also watch a NBC Nightly News story here: https://youtu.be/z2sjQOYpj24.
#Work2BeWell was created through a partnership of Well Being Trust, Providence Oregon, iHeart Radio, Oregon Association of Student Councils, #Icanhelp and YouthLine.
How you can help
Give: Make a gift to Providence in support of behavioral health.
Get involved: Take a tour, meet our team in person or attend a gathering.
Introduce: Share information about our work with others, or plan gatherings for your friends.
Remember: Remember Providence in your will or estate plan to ensure the future of behavioral health treatment and care.
