Washington Heights Community Service
of the New York State Psychiatric Institute
Francine Cournos, M.D., Director
Dianna Dragatsi, M.D., Director, Inwood Mental Health Clinic
David Merrill, M.D., Director, WHCS Inpatient Unit
Pellegrino Sarti, M.D., Director, Audubon Avenue Clinic
Meg. S. Kaplan, Ph.D., Director, Sexual Behavior Clinic
Milton Wainberg, M.D., Director of Medical Education
Karen McKinnon, M.A., Director of Training and Research
Dusty Hackler, M.A., Training Coordinator
Richard Herman, M.A., Administrator
Johanne Then, Assistant to the Director
Isella Puello, Administrative Assistant
The Washington Heights Community Service of New York State Psychiatric Institute provides inpatient and outpatient services for people with severe mental illness who live in the Washington Heights and Inwood communities in northern Manhattan. WHCS consists of a 22-bed inpatient unit and four certified outpatient programs.
All services are available in Spanish and English. There is no waiting list. Outpatient services include:
- Individual, group, and family treatment
- Medication management
- Day programming, including lunch and transportation reimbursement
- Licensed client work-for-pay programs
- Help with entitlements
- Consultation with other agencies, residential facilities, and other care providers
Eligibility
- Client must be 18 years of age or older.
- Client must be a Washington Heights/Inwood resident living north of 155th Street and south of 225th Street.
Financial
Client services and medication are available to all eligible clients regardless of ability to pay.
Referral Procedure
Inpatient referrals are made through the Presbyterian Hospital Psychiatric Emergency Room. If you live between 155th Street and 181st Street, call the Audubon Avenue Clinic at 928-8300. If you live between 181st Street and 225th Street, call the Inwood Mental Health Center at 942-8500. Ask for the intake worker.
Sites:
The Washington Heights Community Service of NY State Psychiatric Institute
1051 Riverside Drive
Unit 112
New York, NY 10032
212-543-5412
Audubon Avenue Clinic
513 West 166th Street
4th Floor
New York, NY 10032
212-928-8300
Inwood Mental Health Center
26 Sherman Avenue
New York, NY 10040
212-942-8500