About Retreat Healthcare

A view of the main Retreat Healthcare building from a surrounding hill

Retreat Healthcare, founded in 1834 as the Brattleboro Retreat, is a not-for-profit, regional specialty mental health and addictions treatment center, providing a full range of diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitation services for individuals of all ages and their families. Nationally recognized for its premiere treatment in behavioral healthcare, Retreat Healthcare offers a high quality, individualized, comprehensive continuum of care including inpatient, partial hospitalization, child and adolescent residential, and outpatient treatment .

A member of the Ivy League Hospitals network, Retreat Healthcare is accredited by numerous state and national organizations, including the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Retreat Healthcare offers among the highest ratios of clinical staff to patients, the region's most extensive roster of psychiatric talent, as well as a wide range of contemporary treatment modalities. Retreat Healthcare serves as a practicum site for numerous college and university programs, including Smith College School of Social Work, the Universities of Massachusetts and Connecticut, and Antioch New England.