Administrative offices:1200 Reedsdale St. Pittsburgh, PA 15233
Welcome to Mercy Behavioral Health
MERCY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (MBH) provides a full continuum of recovery-oriented, community-based mental health, mental retardation, and drug/alcohol treatment and prevention services.
Established in 1969, Mercy Behavioral Health strives to empower people to overcome barriers and to lead healthy and successful lives in the community. We serve children, adolescents, adults, families, and senior citizens in nearly 60 neighborhoods throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.
Our staff includes more than 1,600 caseworkers, counselors, clinicians, school-based therapists, crisis specialists, nurses, and board-certified physicians. Many of our employees are trained to meet the unique needs of people with more than one diagnosis (such as mental illness and addiction, or mental retardation and mental illness).
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare and Department of Health license Mercy Behavioral Health. We are funded and monitored by Allegheny County. In addition, selected programs at Mercy Behavioral Health have been accredited by The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF).
Mercy Behavioral Health is part of the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System and Catholic Health East, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy.
latest news
FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Clopidogrel Label The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has added a boxed warning to the anti-blood-clotting drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to alert consumers and health care professionals that the drug may be less effective in patients who are unable to metabolize it in order to convert it into its active form. More...
Technique Shows Potential of Bapineuzumab in Alzheimer's A neuroimaging technique known as carbon-11-labelled Pittsburgh compound B positron emission tomography shows that treating patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease with an antibody that targets amyloid-β is associated with a 25 percent reduction in amyloid-β deposits compared with placebo, according to a study published online March 1 in The Lancet Neurology. More...
Weight-Loss Camp Linked to Blood Pressure, BMI Benefit A residential weight-loss camp for preteens and teens is associated with lower blood pressure as well as weight reduction, according to research published online March 1 in Pediatrics. More...
Need help now? We're always open. Are you or is someone you know in crisis? The MBH Crisis Center, located on Pittsburgh's South Side, is open 24 hours, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
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Getting through tough economic times Worried about job loss, paying your bills, taking care of your family? You're not alone. Tough economic times can be the source of tremendous stress. More...
Fifth-graders from Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 took home the gold medal in the Colors of the Rainbow competition, capping off the inaugural semester of Mercy Behavioral Health’s Dancing Classrooms Pittsburgh. 
Are you or is someone you know in crisis? The MBH Crisis Center, located on Pittsburgh's South Side, is open 24 hours, seven days a week, 365 days a year.
Nurses who join the Mercy Behavioral Health staff are eligible for our bonus plan.