Mental Health Care in Buffalo, NY

Buffalo Psychiatric Center

What Does Buffalo Psychiatric Center Offer?

Buffalo Psychiatric Center is a mental health facility at 400 Forest Avenue, State Psychiatric Center, Buffalo, New York, offering outpatient care, residential care and hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale and payment assistance. Therapy approaches include CBT and DBT.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

400 Forest Avenue, State Psychiatric Center
Buffalo, NY 14213

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 Buffalo Psychiatric Center

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

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

County or local government funds
Community Mental Health Block Grants
Community Service Block Grants
IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Other State funds
Private health insurance
Private or Community foundation
State corrections or juvenile justice funds
State education agency funds
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
State welfare or child and family services funds
U.S. Department of VA funds
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

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

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

Who the Program Serves

Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Thiothixene
Thioridazine
Trifluoperazine
Aripiprazole
Brexpiprazole
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
Assertive community treatment
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Diet and exercise counseling
Intensive case management
Legal advocacy
Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Vocational rehabilitation services
Integrated primary care services
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 New York lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.