Mental Health Care in Thief River Falls, MN

Sanford Behavioral Health Center

What Does Sanford Behavioral Health Center Offer?

Sanford Behavioral Health Center is a mental health facility at 120 Labree Avenue South, Thief River Falls, Minnesota, offering telehealth therapy and hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

120 Labree Avenue South
Thief River Falls, MN 56701

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 Sanford Behavioral Health Center

  • Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • County or local government funds
  • IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds

Crisis and Emergency Services

  • Crisis intervention team
  • 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

  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

  • Chlorpromazine
  • Droperidol
  • Fluphenazine
  • Haloperidol
  • Prochlorperazine
  • Aripiprazole
  • Brexpiprazole
  • Cariprazine
  • Clozapine
  • Lurasidone
  • Olanzapine
  • Paliperidone
  • Quetiapine
  • Risperidone
  • Ziprasidone
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Chronic disease/illness management
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Illness management and recovery
  • Case management service
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Education services

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 Minnesota lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near Sanford Behavioral Health Center

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Thief River Falls mental health care page.

Alluma Inc, East Grand Forks

1422 Central Avenue NE, East Grand Forks, MN 56721 · 41 mi

218-773-6102

  • Outpatient care
  • Telehealth therapy
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance
  • Sliding fee
  • Walk-in crisis

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

In crisis? Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org, any time. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911. anxiety.help is an independent guide, not a mental health provider or crisis service, and doesn't give medical advice. For a free, confidential referral, call SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357.