Services for Children & Adolescents
Pittsburgh Mercy offers many behavioral health programs and services to support children and adolescents in recovery, promote healthy decisions, and help them live well in the community.
Options range from ambulatory (outpatient) treatment, rehabilitation and recovery services, to more intensive programs. Some of our services are available in-home, at school, or elsewhere in the community.
Child & Adolescent Ambulatory (Outpatient) Services
Children and adolescents up to age 18 can receive a psychiatric evaluation, the appropriate types of therapy, and medications, if needed. We offer:
- Person-centered treatment planning and care
- Community-based, integrated behavioral and physical health care services
- Mental health screening and risk assessment
- Mental health evaluation and diagnosis
- Mental health support and treatment services
- Individual therapy
- Family/caregiver therapy
- Group therapy
- Play therapy
- Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services
- Care management
- Intervention Services
- Medication management
- Physical Health Services
- Prevention Services
- School-based and office-based therapy
- Service coordination and administrative service coordination
- Supportive counseling
- Treatment planning.
Child and adolescent outpatient services are offered at the following locations in Allegheny County:
North Side
Pittsburgh Mercy
1200 Reedsdale Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15233-2109
South Side
Pittsburgh Mercy
330 South 9th Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15203-1266
Pittsburgh Mercy also offers child and adolescent counseling and other behavioral health services to students in partnership with the following school districts and schools in Allegheny County:
Avonworth School District
- Avonworth Primary Center
- Avonworth Elementary School
- Avonworth Middle School
- Avonworth High School
Baldwin-Whitehall School District
- McAnnulty Elementary School
- Whitehall Elementary
- W.R. Paynter Elementary School
- J.E. Harrison Middle School
- Baldwin High School
Brentwood School District
- Brentwood Middle School
- Brentwood High School
Pittsburgh Public Schools
- Pittsburgh Allegheny PreK-5
- Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8
- Pittsburgh Arlington PreK-8
- Pittsburgh Arsenal PreK-5
- Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8
- Pittsburgh Brashear High School
- Pittsburgh Brookline PreK-8
- Pittsburgh Carmalt PreK-8
- Pittsburgh Carrick High School
- Pittsburgh Classical Academy 6-8
- Pittsburgh Clayton Academy 6-12
- Pittsburgh Grandview PreK-5
- Pittsburgh King PreK-8
- Pittsburgh Langley K-8
- Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12 (University Prep)
- Pittsburgh Morrow Pre-K-4
- Pittsburgh Morrow 5-8
- Pittsburgh Perry High School
- Pittsburgh Phillips K-5
- Pittsburgh Schiller 6-8
- Pittsburgh Science & Technology Academy 6-12
- Pittsburgh South Hills 6-8
- Pittsburgh Spring Hill K-5
- Pittsburgh Whittier K-5
- Pittsburgh Woolslair PreK-5
Shaler Area School District
- Burchfield Primary School
- Marzolf Primary School
- Reserve Primary School
- Shaler Area Elementary School
- Shaler Area Middle School
- Shaler Area High School.
We also offer prevention services in partnership with many schools in Allegheny County.
For more information, please contact us at 1-877-637-2924 or visit our School Services page.
Child & Adolescent Administrative Service Coordination
Child & Adolescent Administrative Service Coordination services are available to parents/caregivers who may need support and assistance in managing their child’s mental health needs.
Services include:
- Links to mental health resources
- Follow-up on the effectiveness of those resources
- Long-term support for parents.
Child and adolescent administrative service coordinators are also available to assist providers and families with accessing resources. We’re also available for consultation.
For more information, please contact us at 1-877-637-2924.
Child & Adolescent Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services
Children and adolescents sometimes require more intensive mental health services. When additional services are needed, children and adolescents can receive up to six hours per week of 1-to-1, community-based mobile mental health therapy called Behavioral Health Rehabilitation Services. We work with the child and family/caregivers to set treatment goals, determine the best course of treatment, provide therapy, and monitor progress. Services can be provided in your home or at school. The goal is to deliver services in the most independent setting possible.
For more information, please contact us at 1-877-637-2924.
Child Diversion & Acute Stabilization (DAS) Program
A Child Diversion & Acute Stabilization (DAS) Program is a voluntary, temporary residential stabilization and treatment program for children and adolescents, ages 7-14, who are experiencing an acute mental health crisis. This type of program may be able to help prevent a hospital stay or be used as a step between a hospital stay and return to the community.
Located on the North Shore, Pittsburgh Mercy’s Child Diversion & Acute Stabilization Program is the only program of its kind in Allegheny County. We offer services in a safe, supportive, and structured environment.
Our services include:
- Care management
- Partial hospitalization
- Medication management
- Linkages to community resources
- Supportive services
- Treatment services.
Staff members are available on-site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The length of treatment averages three to four weeks, depending upon the child’s needs.
Referrals to this program must come from a mental health provider.
Our program is accredited by CARF International.
For more information, please contact our Child Diversion & Acute Stabilization (DAS) Program supervisor at 412-323-4598.
Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program
A Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program is a short-term day program for 6 to 18-year-old children and adolescents in grades K-12 who are experiencing significant distress and need more intensive treatment and support. A Partial Hospitalization Program may be able to help prevent a hospital stay or be used as a step between a hospital stay and return to the community.
Located on the North Shore, Pittsburgh Mercy’s Child Partial Hospitalization Program offers:
- Individual therapy
- Family/caregiver therapy
- Group therapy
- Play therapy
- Up to three hours a day of classroom time in a therapeutic setting (also known as a therapeutic classroom), Monday through Friday.
Children in grades K-5 are seen in the children’s program. Youth in grades 6-12 are seen in the adolescent program.
A child psychiatrist, therapists, and nurses provide evaluation, assessment, and monitoring.
The length of treatment averages 10 to 15 days, depending upon the child’s needs.
Referrals to this program must come from a mental health provider.
Our program is accredited by CARF International.
For more information, please contact our Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program intake coordinator at 412-697-0736.
Child & Adolescent Physical Health Services
From routine well and sick child visits to immunizations and school and sports physicals, Pittsburgh Mercy can take care of the physical and mental health care needs for every member of the family – birth through senior adults – in our office or on our Mobile Medical Unit.
For more information, please visit our Physical Health page or contact us at 1-877-637-2924.
Child & Adolescent Targeted Case Management (Service Coordination)
We coordinate mental health services for children and adolescents from ages 3 to 18 (or up to age 21, if still in high school). To be eligible for this service, the child or adolescent must have a mental health diagnosis and receive – or have a need to receive – multiple services.
For more information, please contact us at 1-877-637-2924.
Prevention & Intervention Services
Pittsburgh Mercy offers community-based prevention services to students, families/caregivers, schools, and communities. We know that healthy students + healthy families + healthy schools = healthy communities. Our innovative programs help children and adolescents live well in the community.
For more information, visit our Prevention and Intervention Services pages or contact us at 1-877-637-2924.