The University of New Mexico Hospitals Behavioral Health Programs is a public not-for-profit facility, providing a full spectrum of care for those citizens of Bernalillo County and surrounding counties in the academic setting.

The Psychiatric Center was established in 1967, and the Children Psychiatric Center, based on funds appropriated by the State Legislature was constructed in 1978.

Our hospital facilities also known as the Health Sciences Center of the University of New Mexico, assists us in proving practitioner services from the Department of Psychiatry.

University Hospital's Behavioral Health Services is currently the largest community mental health provider in the state of New Mexico.

We as the Health Sciences Center embrace the following:

Our mission is to provide added value to health care through leadership in:

• providing innovative, collaborative education;
• advancing the frontiers of science through research critical to the future of health care;
• delivering health care services that are at the forefront of science; and
• facilitating partnerships with public and private biomedical and health enterprises.

Our vision is to identify and solve the most important questions of human health in our communities through education, scholarship and service with commitment to the HSC core values.

Our core values emphasize:

• a culture of shared expectations regarding integrity, accountability and decisiveness in commitment to excellence;
• compassion and respect in our interaction with students, patients and colleagues;
• diversity in people and thinking;
• effective utilization of our resources; and
• advancement of our institutional mission while supporting professional and personal growth