RWJBarnabas Health Behavioral Health Center
As a leader in mental health treatment in New Jersey, RWJBarnabas Health Behavioral Health Center, part of RWJBarnabas Health Behavioral Health services, opened in 1992 and offers patients, clients, their families and caregivers unparalleled access to a full continuum of behavioral health care services.
With a freestanding 100-bed psychiatric facility, we are able to seamlessly integrate behavioral health care and medical services by incorporating full-time medical physicians resulting in outstanding continuity of care—and positive, long-term results. From short-term psychiatric care to intensive outpatient programs, we provide a comprehensive array of behavioral health treatment for adults, and older adults, with a specialized geriatric unit complete with a geropsychiatrist. In addition to treating a vast array of mental illnesses, we also treat behaviors stemming from Alzheimer’s and dementia.
For patients diagnosed with both mental illness and substance use disorder, the Behavioral Health Center incorporates specialized programming and optional AA/NA meetings, including a Certified Drug and Alcohol Counselor to provide support, education and aftercare planning.
We work closely with physicians across all medical disciplines, together with Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, who look to the Behavioral Health Center for support services, treatment options, and as an adjunct to their patients’ plan of care.
Visiting Information
Visiting hours are as follows:
Visiting is available on all units seven days a week from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. One visitor is allowed at a time.
Please have a valid government issued ID, and leave all other belongings in your vehicle including pocketbooks and cellphones.
Patient belongings may be dropped off anytime.
Effective December 16, 2024, please read our new visitation guidelines before you visit.
Reglas para Visitantes (En español)
Please help us stop the spread of contagious respiratory illnesses.
Please defer your visit to another day:
- If you have a fever or have felt feverish in the last 24 hours or are experiencing COVID-19 or flu-like symptoms. Possible symptoms include, but are not limited to:
- Fever or chills
- Cough
- Shortness of breath or difficulty breathing
- Fatigue
- Muscle or body aches
- Headache
- New loss of taste or smell
- Sore throat
- Congestion or runny nose
- Nausea or vomiting
- Diarrhea
- If you have been diagnosed with COVID-19 (or another contagious respiratory illness, such as influenza or RSV) within the last 10 days.
- If you have had close contact with someone with COVID-19 infection (or another contagious respiratory illness) in the last 10 days and cannot wear a mask — even if you are asymptomatic.
When visiting our facility, all visitors are expected to adhere to the following safety recommendations:
- Wear an appropriate face mask. We will offer you a new mask for source control or may ask you to replace your own mask with a hospital-supplied mask.
- Clean your hands before and after your visit.
- Maintain physical distance.
Thank you for your cooperation and your efforts to help keep our patients, staff and communities safe!