About the Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health

Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health offers specialized programming and services that include:

• Daily therapeutic groups to improve independent decision making and functioning
• Child, adolescent, adult, and older adult specialty care
• Psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring
• Referral to inpatient and community care
• Outpatient counseling
• Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
• 24-hour crisis intervention
• Residential and supportive living
• Vocational assistance and training
• Chaplaincy for pastoral, worship, spiritual, and sacramental needs of clients

Some disorders we treat are: depression, bi-polar disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), self-injury, personality disorders, schizophrenia, ADHD, school truancy and oppositional defiant disorder.

Outpatient Providers

Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health in Arlington Heights offers a comprehensive outpatient therapy program that includes individual, group and family counseling to help individuals cope and manage life problems.

View Outpatient Providers in Arlington Heights.

View Outpatient Providers in Hoffman Estates and Elk Grove Village.

Our History

Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health opened its doors to the community in 1962 providing holistic and compassionate services to those with emotional problems or chronic mental illness in Chicago's northwest suburbs. Our staff of 70 specialized professionals works with over 2,500 clients every year offering psychosocial rehabilitation, case management, psychiatry, supportive living, vocational assistance, outpatient therapy, and a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP).

Our Mission, Vision, Foundation and Values

We envision a future in which all impacted by mental illness have access to comprehensive, community-based treatment that celebrates recovery as an expectation not an exception. We strive to partner with our clients and community through fostering health, enrichment and empowerment.

ARCH - Access to care for those in need, Recovery based effective treatments, Client and community partnerships and Holistic care

Pillars of Recovery

Read about our Four Pillars of Recovery: Early Identification and Treatment for Children and Adolescents, Work, Housing and Charity Care for the Poor and Uninsured

Accreditation, Certification and Funding

Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Health is accredited by Joint Commission and certified by Medicare and Medicaid. We accept Medicare, Medicaid, and AllKids as well as other insurance company reimbursements. We also offer a sliding scale for residents of Wheeling and Palatine townships.  Alexian Brothers Center for Mental Heatlh is supported in part by United Way, Illinois Department of Human Services, Palatine Township and Wheeling Township.