Mental Health Care in Ponce, PR

Ponce Health Sciences University

What Does Ponce Health Sciences University Offer?

Ponce Health Sciences University is a mental health facility at Urb Industrial Reparada 2, Calle Luis F Salas, Ponce, Puerto Rico, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy and partial hospitalization. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy.

Urb Industrial Reparada 2, Calle Luis F Salas
Ponce, PR 00732

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 Ponce Health Sciences University

  • Outpatient
  • Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Community Service Block Grants
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Crisis and Emergency Services

  • Crisis intervention team

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Who the Program Serves

  • Seniors or older adults
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
  • Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Language Services

  • Spanish

Licensing and Accreditation

  • Mental Health Clinic or Mental Health Center

Medications Used

  • Fluphenazine
  • Haloperidol
  • Aripiprazole
  • Cariprazine
  • Clozapine
  • Lurasidone
  • Olanzapine
  • Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
  • Paliperidone
  • Quetiapine
  • Risperidone
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Assertive community treatment
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Diet and exercise counseling
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Illness management and recovery
  • Case management service

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 Puerto Rico lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near Ponce Health Sciences University

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

Sources

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

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