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Welcome to Friends Hospital
Healing the Mind

Friends Hospital, founded by Quakers in 1813, is the nation’s first private psychiatric hospital. For thousands of persons from the Delaware Valley and beyond, Friends is a place where hope and healing come together.  

A leader in behavioral health care, Friends offers a system of comprehensive programs and services to people suffering from behavioral and emotional health problems. With 192 beds, Friends is the Delaware Valley's largest provider of inpatient behavioral health services, providing individualized programs for adolescents, adults, older adults and eating disorders. We have specialized programs for Dual Diagnosis (mental health/substance abuse).     

Friends Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations and licensed by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

If you are interested in a specific topic related to Friends Hospital or mental illness in general (i.e. depression), click here.

Friends Hospital
4641 Roosevelt Blvd.
Philadelphia, PA 19124-2399
1-800-889-0548

Please Join Us for an Open House on Monday, February 8, 2010 in the Scattergood Building from
4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

Learn how you can help advocate for the mentally ill through the Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation

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