Mental Health Care in Buffalo, NY

Erie County Medical Center

What Does Erie County Medical Center Offer?

Erie County Medical Center is a mental health facility at 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, New York, offering outpatient care and partial hospitalization. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT and DBT. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

462 Grider Street
Buffalo, NY 14215

SAMHSA lists this facility's programs separately: Partial Hospital Program; Cpep.

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 Erie County Medical Center

Outpatient
Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Medicare
Medicaid
Private health insurance
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Other State funds
State corrections or juvenile justice funds
U.S. Department of VA funds

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
Dialectical behavior therapy
Group therapy
Individual psychotherapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Young adults
Seniors or older adults
Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Clients with HIV or AIDS
Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors
Ages: Children/Adolescents

Language Services

Spanish

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Prochlorperazine
Aripiprazole
Asenapine
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine
Clozapine
IIoperidone
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI
Droperidol
Thiothixene
Thioridazine
Trifluoperazine
Nicotine replacement

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Mentoring/peer support
Assisted Outpatient Treatment
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Suicide prevention services
Case management service
TB screening
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Laboratory testing
HIV testing
STD testing
Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)

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.