New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute

The New Mexico Behavioral Health Institute (NMBHI) is the only state owned and operated psychiatric hospital in New Mexico. NMBHI is made up of five clinical divisions serving a wide range of public needs. Each division is separately licensed and has its own unique admission criteria.

The most familiar is the inpatient care we offer adult psychiatric patients. We provide adult psychiatric services on six units, serving approximately 1000 admissions per year.

Our Adult Psychiatric Division is the only publicly funded psychiatric hospital in New Mexico and serves adults from throughout the state.

Our adolescent program is dedicated to treating adolescent males who have a history of sexually harmful behaviors and have been diagnosed with a co-occurring mental illness.

Our forensic division treatment to competency for adult patients who have been charged with committing a felony.

Our long term care division is a major regional licensed long-term nursing care provider for elderly and disabled residents. It is Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services certified, accredited by The Joint Commission (TJC) and provides specialty services for dementia care in both elderly and younger residents.

Community based services, through a comprehensive community mental health agency, offers many individual programs.

Accepts Medicaid, has bilingual providers and can provide medication management services.