Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center is a state-operated psychiatric hospital located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It offers a range of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services dedicated to mental health treatment and recovery.

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center specializes in:

• Adult inpatient psychiatric care

• Crisis stabilization and emergency psychiatric services

• Substance use disorder treatment

• Outpatient psychiatric programs

• Trauma-informed care

• Rehabilitation and recovery services

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center ensures quality by:

• Maintaining The Joint Commission accreditation.

• Implementing evidence-based psychiatric treatment protocols.

• Engaging in continuous quality improvement initiatives.

• Providing ongoing staff education and training in mental health care.

Mission

As a member of a statewide community of care givers, DDPC collaborates with individuals with severe and persistent mental illness and their community and personal supports to provide recovery oriented, respectful, compassionate, and effective psychiatric care and treatment in the least restrictive, safest, and most therapeutic environment we can create.

Vision

We focus on enhancing symptom management, promoting skill development, increasing knowledge, and challenging people to use their strengths to lead more hopeful and autonomous lives.

We devote ourselves to the most timely return of those we serve to a more independent, sustainable and hopeful life in the community.

Dorothea Dix Psychiatric Center has received:

• Accreditation by The Joint Commission.

• Recognition for excellence in psychiatric care and patient safety.

• Awards for innovation in behavioral health services.

• State-level acknowledgments for mental health leadership.