Behavioral Health Services

Behavioral Health Services Offered

Our Behavioral Health facility accomplishes its goals by providing access to age-appropriate services, ensuring the quality of those services, and educating patients about their rights. We also emphasize prevention through the implementation of Behavioral Health Services Act programming. Within the first year of the Full-Service Partnership Program, participants experienced a 90% drop in urgent behavioral health related visits to the emergency room and crisis services.

Our team is committed to provide care for a variety of emotional and psychological challenges, delivering support through crisis intervention, behavioral health wellness, and recovery services.

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Mobile crisis services are a new benefit California is providing as of January 2024 to support people experiencing a behavioral health or substance use crisis. Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. They are designed to provide intervention, de-escalation and relief to people wherever they are, including at home, work, school, or on the street.
Services may include:

  • Crisis intervention & assessment
  • Referrals for needed services
  • Linkage to ongoing mental health and/or substance use treatment

Mobile Crisis Team staff are specially trained in crisis behavioral health assessment and intervention including suicide prevention and coping skills. Anyone can call, for themself or for someone else in crisis in Tehama County.  To reach the Mobile Crisis Team, call the TCHSA 24 Hour Crisis Line at 1-800-240-3208.

Behavioral Health Medication Support links behavioral health consumers with appropriate psychiatric services including prescribing, monitoring, and administration of psychotropic medications. These services are offered to both adults and children as determined necessary and appropriate by the treatment team.
Those suffering from an alcohol or opioid Substance Use Disorder may be eligible for medication to support them in their recovery. The need for Medication Assisted Treatment is determined by a thorough Substance Use Assessment and referral to a medical provider. The type of medication used to treat the Substance Use Disorder is determined by the medical provider.
Services may include:

  • Medicated assisted treatment for individuals in substance use recovery
  • Long-acting injectable psychotropic medications for qualifying consumers
  • Consultation with community primary care providers
  • Psychotropic medication services for children

Our Behavioral Healthy facility offers services designed to meet the needs of children, teens and young adults, ranging from ages 2-25. We provide in home, rehabilitative and case management services. These services focus on building children’s skills to reduce symptoms, and promote personal independence. We also coordinate with other organizations including schools, child welfare services, and private practitioners in the community. This allows us to identify potential clients as well as link existing clients to services. We believe that a child’s success with treatment requires a multi-disciplinary approach with family involvement. That is why our programs are provided in partnership with the individuals family or guardian and delivered in both individual and group settings.

A client driven center available to our adult and older adult clients. At the wellness and recovery center, peer and staff led groups are available providing activities like drumming, life skills education, instruction on symptom management, Wellness Recovery Action Planning, and employment training opportunities. At the STANS center, each client is empowered to participate in their own recovery. You can find a list of event dates and times on our calendar.

Support for adults suffering with mental illness also include a variety of housing services for those who meet the criteria and are actively participating in treatment. Housing supports are designed to prevent behavioral health clients from returning to or falling into homelessness. Additional supports for clients include community resource referrals.

Additional Resources
Mobile Crisis
National Alliance on Mental Illness
National Institute of Mental Health
Northern Valley talk line
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How to Access our Services

Behavioral Health services is open to Tehama County residents and Medi-Cal beneficiaries. Eligibility is determined through our assessment process to identify if an individual has a severe and persistent mental illness or is a child with severe emotional disturbance. Access services by calling 1-800-240-3208.

The first step in the process is to have an assessment, clients can either walk in or schedule an appointment. Once an assessment is complete and the individual’s unique needs are identified, a plan for treatment and services can be developed. Depending on eligibility, treatment and necessary services, resolution may take place with the county or with an outside provider.

If you need peer to peer support for a non-crisis event, we encourage you to call the Northern Valley Talk Line at 1-855-582-5554 peers are available to chat from 4:30pm to 9:30pm. Alternatively, you can call our 24 Hour Crisis Hotline at 1-800-240-3208.

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