Erie County Medical Center

/Home/Drug Rehab - Western NY/Drug Rehab - Erie County, NY/Drug Rehab - Buffalo, NY

ECMC is Western New York's Hospital of Choice - a leader in trauma, burn, rehabilitation and cardiac care, and a major teaching facility for the University at Buffalo (UB). ECMC is part of the area's fastest-growing hospital system, which also includes more than 40 outpatient clinics and a skilled nursing facility.

Erie County Medical Center
462 Grider St
Buffalo NY 14215
Tel: 716 898-3217

Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Behavioral health comprises psychiatry and substance abuse services. Comprehensive services for both inpatient and outpatient needs are available through ECMC.

One of the largest chemical-dependency treatment centers in Western New York, ECMC is the only Buffalo-area hospital that offers a psychiatrist in the emergency room and chemical-dependency evaluations, both 24 hours a day, seven days a week. ECMC—a major teaching facility for the University at Buffalo's psychiatry program—is certified and licensed to provide electroconvulsive therapy (ECT), an accepted treatment for depression. All treatment programs at ECMC are certified by the New York State Office of Mental Health, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS).

Services specific to ECMC are 132 inpatient psychiatry beds, including a 16-bed inpatient adolescent unit and an 18-bed inpatient geriatric psychiatry unit; 53 chemical-dependency beds, including 35 rehab (recently increased from 20) and 18 detox; a Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP); three chemical-dependency outpatient centers (including one for vocational rehab); six extended-observation beds (EOBs), with one dedicated for adolescents; and an on-site outpatient psychiatry clinic.