Mental Health Care in Bridgeport, CT

Southwest Connecticut MH Systems, 1635 Central Avenue

What Does Southwest Connecticut MH Systems, 1635 Central Avenue Offer?

Southwest Connecticut MH Systems, 1635 Central Avenue is a mental health facility at 1635 Central Avenue, 1st Floor, Bridgeport, Connecticut, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy, residential care and hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare and state-financed insurance and offers a sliding fee scale and payment assistance. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

1635 Central Avenue, 1st Floor
Bridgeport, CT 06610

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Southwest Connecticut MH Systems, 1635 Central Avenue

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
Outpatient
Residential/24-hour residential

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Medicare
Medicaid
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Crisis and Emergency Services

Crisis intervention team
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Couples/family therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

Young adults
Seniors or older adults
Veterans
Active duty military
Members of military families
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Language Services

Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Spanish
Other languages (excluding Spanish)
Creole
Italian
Polish
Portuguese

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Perphenazine
Aripiprazole
Asenapine
Cariprazine
Clozapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Housing services
Mentoring/peer support
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Diet and exercise counseling
Family psychoeducation
Intensive case management
Illness management and recovery
Legal advocacy
Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Supported employment
Supported housing
Vocational rehabilitation services
Case management service
Suicide prevention services
Education services
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Connecticut lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.