Behavioral Health Resources
The Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership (MBHP) manages medical, mental health, and substance use disorder services for:
- MassHealth Primary Care Clinician (PCC) Plan Members
- Children in the care and/or custody of the Department of
Children and Families and the Department of Youth Services
- Certain children enrolled in MassHealth who have commercial
insurance as their primary insurance
- BeHealthy Partnership Members
If you are a PCC and want to learn more about referring one of your patients to behavioral health services, call MBHP Community Relations
at 800-495-0086.
To access health education materials, including behavioral health resources, visit our Health
Education Materials and Tool Kits page.
Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP)
The Massachusetts Child Psychiatry Access Program (MCPAP) is a system of regional children's mental health consultation teams designed to help primary care providers (PCPs)
meet the needs of children with psychiatric problems.
Visit the MCPAP website >
Two-Way Communication Form
The Primary Care Clinician (PCC) Plan and the Massachusetts Behavioral Health Partnership, along with the other managed care entities (MCEs), have collaborated to create a
single form that can be used by behavioral health providers and PCCs when communicating with one another about a MassHealth Member.
Two-Way Communication Form
Behavioral Health Levels of Care
MBHP manages a continuum of care to meet the needs of our Membership and promote the principles of rehabilitation, recovery, and resiliency. Below is a description of
services.
Outpatient Mental Health Services
Outpatient mental health services are provided in places like clinics, community health centers, hospital outpatient departments, homes, schools, or other places in the community.
These services, which include individual therapy, group therapy, and family/couples therapy, help with a variety of mental health issues such as trauma, depression, anxiety,
eating disorders, and adjustment disorders.
Services offered:
- Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)
- Assessment for Safe and Appropriate Placement (ASAP)
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Outpatient Services
- Opioid Replacement Therapy
- Psychological Testing
- Peer Recovery Coach (Peer RC)
- Recovery Support Navigator (RSN)
- Telehealth
- Urgent Outpatient Services (UOS)
- Intensive Care Coordination (ICC)
- Family Support and Training (FS&T)
- In-Home Behavioral Services (IHBS)
- Therapeutic Mentoring (TM)
- In-Home Therapy (IHT)
Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Services
Outpatient substance use disorder services help with withdrawal from substances. These services also support recovery from addiction.
Services offered:
- Structured Outpatient Addiction Program (SOAP) for adolescents, adults, and Members who are homeless
- Ambulatory Detoxification
- Acupuncture Treatment
Diversionary Services
Diversionary services are mental health and substance use disorder services that provide intensive support upon returning to the community a hospital stay.
These services can be provided in a 24-hour facility, or in a non-24-hour setting.
Services offered:
- Acute Treatment Services (ATS) for Substance Use Disorders
- Clinical Stabilization Services (CSS) for Substance Use Disorders
- Community-Based Acute Treatment (CBAT) for Children and Adolescents
- Community Crisis Stabilization
- Community Support Program (CSP)
- A CSP can work with PCC Plan Members with psychiatric or substance use disorders and/or complex
medical issues that put them at risk for medical hospitalization for which they have been unable to get appropriate treatment
due to issues including transportation, linkages to community services, housing, or access to mental health treatment.
- Enhanced Acute Treatment Services (E-ATS) for Individuals with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders
- Intensive Community-Based Acute Treatment (ICBAT) for Children and Adolescents
- Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)
- Residential Rehabilitation Services (RRS)
- Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
- Program of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT)
- Psychiatric Day Treatment
Community Behavioral Health Center (CBHC)/Mobile Crisis Intervention (MCI)
CBHCs will serve as an entry point for timely, high-quality mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment on an urgent and ongoing basis.
CBHCs will integrate crisis and community-based treatment by combining mobile teams, crisis stabilization, and care coordination. A distinct feature will be
7-day-per-week access including walk-in capacity, psycho-pharmacology, and treatment options including services and interventions for mental health, substance
use disorders, and co-occurring disorders. more >
Inpatient Services
Inpatient services are provided in a 24-hour hospital setting and offer evaluation and treatment of acute mental health or substance use disorders.
Services offered:
- Inpatient Eating Disorders Services
- Inpatient Mental Health Services
- Inpatient Mental Health Services for Children/Adolescents with Intellectual Disabilities/Pervasive Developmental Disorders/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ID/PDD/ASD)
- Inpatient Mental Health Services for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ID)
- Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Services (Level IV Detoxification Services)
- Observation/Holding Beds
To find a provider who offers any of the above services, visit our Find a Provider
page.