Hall-Mercer Community Mental

245 South 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
215-829-7271

About Hall-Mercer Community Mental

Associated with Penn Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hall Mercer Community Behavioral Health Center is an outpatient community health center. They help the residents of Philadelphia manage and recover from mental illness, addiction and developmental disabilities. It’s one of the city’s five crisis response centers, offering intensive case management, prevention and recovery services and homeless outreach services.

Prevention and Recovery Services include supportive services to severe and persistently mentally ill adults and their families. The goal of this program is to help individuals achieve the highest level of independent functioning they can attain. ACCESS Intensive case management services are targeted case management and community outreach services for individuals who are experiencing psychiatric illness and are homeless. Blended case management including psychiatric services and intensive case management is available to mentally ill adults and their families. Case management is available in Thai, Cambodian, Vietnamese and Laotian to make this program culturally inclusive. Their dual diagnosis outpatient counseling treats people with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse issues.

Hall Mercer offers specialized trauma treatment for children and their families struggling with a range of trauma related conditions. Counseling for this program uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help manage symptoms. They also have a problem for children aged four through 18 called PATCH (pediatric anxiety treatment center). Kids with separation anxiety, OCD, school anxiety or other issues can be treated here.

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Amenities

Private Rehab

Private drug rehab provides a comfortable, secure environment that allows you to focus on doing the work to get your life back on track. Benefits include a higher staff-to-client ratio, increased one-on-one time with therapists and healthcare providers, private rooms for clients, and customized forms of therapy.

Rec Room & Activities

Recreational therapy uniquely combines therapeutic interventions with an activity, like horse-riding, hiking, wilderness therapy, basketball, tennis, or a full workout. Benefits of recreational therapy include providing a healthy way to work through the emotions of recovery, learning to build and maintain relationships, improving communication skills, and building self-esteem.

Meditation Room

Yoga and meditation are great activities to support your recovery process during alcohol or drug rehab. These therapies have been around for centuries, and they are an effective way to improve well-being. Combining addiction treatment, yoga, and meditation can reduce cravings, improve sleep, relieve anxiety and depression, provide stress relief, promote relaxation, support emotional healing, and improve energy levels.

Private Rooms

In order to maintain a sense of autonomy, many private rehab facilities offer clients the ability to choose their own private rooms. The privacy and personal space ensure that the recovery process is as comfortable as possible.

Day School

Addiction treatment programs provide an opportunity to get your life back on track with access to school classes or college courses. Whether you want to finish your GED or go back to school to learn a new trade, facilities often enlist tutors and teachers who are certified or licensed by the state to oversee self-study or distance-learning education.

Addiction Treatment Programs

Teen & Adolescent Program

A young adult program in Pennsylvania provides a comfortable, age-appropriate environment for treatment. These programs offer life skills education, individualized treatment, family therapy, and aftercare.

Adult Program

The Keystone State offers many resources for those struggling with substance use disorders. Each adult program in Pennsylvania provides individualized care, to meet people where they are and help them take the next step on their recovery journey.

Men's Rehab

Men’s rehab in Pennsylvania can help men receive support from other men who understand their challenges. This provides a sense of camaraderie that relieves feelings of isolation.

Women's Rehab

Women’s rehab in Pennsylvania helps females struggling with substance use disorders build the skills necessary to maintain sobriety. Treatment is designed to help women stay on track for long-term recovery.

Opioid Treatment

Opioid rehab in Pennsylvania often includes medication assisted treatment, which helps alleviate withdrawal. This treatment is combined with other therapies that give you skills to navigate addiction and achieve long-term recovery.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive behavioral therapy in Pennsylvania helps participants identify inaccurate thinking and learned patterns of negative behavior and how to change them. It gives participants the skills to relieve their symptoms without turning to substances.

Senior Drug & Alcohol Rehab

Elderly rehab in Pennsylvania works with older adults who are facing addiction. Common services include management of chronic health conditions, case management, and education about prescription medications.

Alcoholism

Alcohol rehab in Pennsylvania uses various treatment techniques to teach you how to change your lifestyle, living environment, and social connections. These changes help you control urges to drink and learn how to prevent relapse.

Levels of Care

Outpatient Rehab

While undergoing outpatient treatment in Pennsylvania, you’ll work through challenges such as cravings, social skills, and relapse prevention as you meet with a recovery expert and attend 12-step meetings. This treatment may last a few weeks or several months, depending on your recovery needs.

Dual Diagnosis & Mental Health

Mental illness and substance abuse are so integrated that they must be treated together. Ignoring one and treating the other doesn’t work. Dual diagnosis treatment in Pennsylvania effectively addresses both mental health and substance abuse disorders, for the best outcomes.

Inpatient Rehab

When first starting drug rehab in Pennsylvania, many individuals begin with inpatient rehab. This involves staying at the facility 24/7 and receiving a variety of treatment methods that typically include group and individual counseling.

Detox & MAT

Experience safe detox in Pennsylvania as your initial step toward recovery. During this process, you’ll receive 24/7 care while your body is cleansed of all addictive substances. Treatment may include medication to alleviate withdrawal symptoms.

Payment Options

Financial Aid

Financial Aid: If you need help with paying for alcohol and drug rehab in Pennsylvania, financial aid may be a good solution. Financial assistance options include grants, scholarships, non-profit programs, personal funding, and health insurance programs to help you manage the expense of substance abuse treatment.

Payment Plans & Financing

For those who are underinsured or uninsured, paying the total cost of a rehab program up front is not feasible. Fortunately, many alcohol and drug rehabs make financing available to potential clients through private loans, in-house payment plans, or partner lenders. You can choose a finance package that lets you start treatment immediately and pay for it later.

Medicaid Accepted

If need help paying for alcohol and drug rehab in Pennsylvania, you may be eligible for Medicaid. Coverage through Medicaid may vary, but it can assist with the cost of alcohol and drug rehab, including detox, inpatient rehab, and more.

Medicare Accepted

if you're eligible for Medicare, you may be able to get help to pay for the cost of alcohol and drug rehab in Pennsylvania. The amount of coverage will depend on many things, including whether you are seeking inpatient or outpatient treatment for substance abuse.

Private Insurance

Your private insurance may cover the cost of alcohol and drug rehab in Pennsylvania. The amount covered may depend on your policy and whether the treatment center is in-network or out-of-network. You may be left with some costs like a co-payment, or co-insurance. Check with your insurer for more information.

Self-Pay Options

You have the choice to pay for your alcohol and drug rehab in Pennsylvania out-of-pocket, also called as self-pay or private pay. This way, there are no restrictions placed on your access to treatment, courtesy of insurance companies. Payment methods include checks, personal loans, medical loans, credit cards, and many others.

Accepted Insurance

Hall-Mercer Community Mental works with several private insurance providers and also accepts private payments when possible, please contact to verify your specific insurance provider.

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Contact Information

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245 South 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106

Fact checked and written by:
Kelly Junco, CPC, CPRC, BA, BS
Edited by:
Kerry Nenn, BSW

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