THE AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER

The Austen Riggs Center is a vital therapeutic community, open psychiatric hospital, and institute for education and research. Our mission is to promote resilience and self-direction in those with complex psychiatric problems-to help people take charge of their lives. Our work is grounded in the conviction that an individual's problems are inherently meaningful, that such problems are best understood in a social context, and that treatment leads to a more fulfilling life when the sources of suffering are addressed... The Austen Riggs Center is an internationally renowned therapeutic community, open psychiatric hospital, and center for clinical education and research-a place that promotes personal resilience and self-direction in adults (18+) with complex psychiatric problems... Learn why Austen Riggs Center is unlike other psychiatric hospitals in Massachusetts or elsewhere, and a renowned inpatient psychiatric treatment facility.

Also known as: Austen Riggs, Austen Riggs Center

Primary location: Stockbridge United States