Mental Health Care in Knoxville, TN

East Tennessee Behavioral Health

What Does East Tennessee Behavioral Health Offer?

East Tennessee Behavioral Health is a mental health facility at 1444 Old Weisgarber Road, Knoxville, Tennessee, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy, partial hospitalization and hospital inpatient care. 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

1444 Old Weisgarber Road
Knoxville, TN 37909

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 East Tennessee Behavioral Health

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
Outpatient
Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

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
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

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

Who the Program Serves

Seniors or older adults
Persons with Alzheimer's or dementia
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

Medications Used

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

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Case management service
Suicide prevention services
HIV testing
STD testing
TB screening
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 Tennessee lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.