Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital (YNHPH) is the primary site for Yale New Haven Hospital’s adult and adolescent psychiatric services. YNHPH is an inpatient facility specializing in the rapid assessment and treatment of acute and severe psychiatric symptoms, and offers a full spectrum of innovative and advanced treatments.
In addition to inpatient services focusing on general adult, dual diagnosis, adolescent and geriatric psychiatric services, we offer electroconvulsive therapy and intensive outpatient programs. Children under age 13 requiring psychiatric care are usually referred to Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. Our goal is to provide outstanding and expert care to individuals and enable them to return to their communities as soon and as safely as possible.
For more information or to refer a patient to YNHPH, please call our Admissions Office at 203-688-9907.
Why Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital
The wide range of psychiatric services provided by Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital and Yale New Haven Hospital, in affiliation with Yale School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry, distinguish us as a world leader in clinical care, research and education.
Patient Care
YNHPH and associated psychiatric services at YNHH offer patients an extraordinary range of clinical services, including programs specializing in the major mental diseases. Our clinical programs are part of the training and research missions of the hospital and medical school.
Research
Yale New Haven Psychiatric Hospital is affiliated with Yale School of Medicine's (YSM’s) Department of Psychiatry, and our physicians and staff are dedicated to blending quality clinical care and advanced research. All of our medical staff physicians are affiliated faculty of YSM and frequently participate in and lead research efforts in areas such as hallucinations, Alzheimer's disease, mood disorders associated with pregnancy and after birth, mood disorders and mental illness in primary care and other medical and surgical treatment settings.
Patients who receive psychiatric care at YNHPH or YNHH may be eligible to participate in research studies. For detailed information about research programs, visit Yale School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry research. http://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/research/index.aspx
Education and Training
YNHPH also trains physician residents with YSM's Department of Psychiatry.YNHPH, associated psychiatric services at YNHH, and our patients directly benefit from Yale School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry education programs. The department and its faculty offer undergraduate and graduate medical education programs, as well as training opportunities in psychology and advanced research.
