Mental Health Care in Knoxville, TN

River Valley Health: Formerly Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue

What Does River Valley Health: Formerly Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue Offer?

River Valley Health: Formerly Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue is a mental health facility at 2018 Western Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee, offering outpatient care and telehealth therapy. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale. Therapy approaches include CBT and couples and family therapy.

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2018 Western Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37921

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 River Valley Health: Formerly Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue

  • Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • County or local government funds
  • Community Mental Health Block Grants
  • Community Service Block Grants
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Other State funds
  • Private health insurance
  • 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
  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Who the Program Serves

  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Licensing and Accreditation

  • Federally Qualified Health Center

Medications Used

  • Chlorpromazine
  • Fluphenazine
  • Haloperidol
  • Loxapine
  • Perphenazine
  • Pimozide
  • Thiothixene
  • Thioridazine
  • Trifluoperazine
  • 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
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Chronic disease/illness management
  • Supported employment
  • Case management service
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention 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 Tennessee lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near River Valley Health: Formerly Cherokee Health Systems, 2018 Western Avenue

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

Sources

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

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