Mental Health Care in Wilmington, NC

Novant Health New Hanover

What Does Novant Health New Hanover Offer?

Novant Health New Hanover is a mental health facility at 2131 South 17th Street, Wilmington, North Carolina, offering hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT and couples and family therapy.

2131 South 17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401

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 Novant Health New Hanover

  • Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Community Mental Health Block Grants
  • 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
  • U.S. Department of VA funds

Crisis and Emergency Services

  • Psychiatric emergency onsite services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Activity therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

  • Chlorpromazine
  • Fluphenazine
  • Haloperidol
  • Loxapine
  • Perphenazine
  • Pimozide
  • Prochlorperazine
  • Thioridazine
  • Aripiprazole
  • Asenapine
  • Brexpiprazole
  • Cariprazine
  • Clozapine
  • IIoperidone
  • 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
  • Diet and exercise counseling
  • HIV testing
  • Metabolic syndrome monitoring
  • Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
  • Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
  • 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 North Carolina lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near Novant Health New Hanover

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

Chrysalis Center, Wilmington

3240 Burnt Mills Drive, Suite 1, Wilmington, NC 28403 · 2.1 mi

910-790-9500

  • Outpatient care
  • Telehealth therapy
  • Partial hospitalization
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • couples and family therapy
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance

A Brighter Start, Wilmington

5710 Oleander Drive, Suite 100, Wilmington, NC 28403 · 4.2 mi

910-239-0377

  • Outpatient care
  • Telehealth therapy
  • Partial hospitalization
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance
  • Payment help

Sources

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

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