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Summa Health Behavioral Health Institute

Our team of mental health experts can help patients experience relief from mental health symptoms while gathering hope for new possibilities.

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What is the Behavioral Health Institute?

 
Millions of Americans experience mental health challenges every year. The symptoms related to these conditions can disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, mood, ability to relate to others and daily functioning. The Summa Health Behavioral Health Institute practices a patient-centered philosophy and are committed to meeting each patient’s mental health needs in a holistic manner. 
 
Our staff consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, addiction medicine providers, nurses, social workers, professional counselors and a variety of other therapists (music, recreational and art) who are dedicated to outstanding inpatient and outpatient care.
 
Integrated Care 
Much recent growth in behavioral health has been directed toward integrating behavioral healthcare into a variety of medical practices. The intention is to bring specialty behavioral health care to non-behavioral health practices to serve patients in environments in which they’re comfortable. This approach not only increases patients’ comfort and trust, but it also helps non-behavioral health providers provide a wider range of support and care for their patients. Our long-term goal is to have behavioral health support in all of our primary care offices and medical specialty offices.
 
Currently, behavioral health at Summa Health is integrated into the following departments:
 
  • Primary Care
  • Weight Management Institute
  • Senior Health
  • Cancer Institute
  • Heart and Vascular Institute
  • Neuroscience Institute and Epilepsy Center
  • Women’s Institute
  • Complex Care Institute
  • Summa Health Rehab Hospital

Conditions We Treat

At the Summa Health Behavioral Health Institute, we treat the full spectrum of behavioral health conditions. Treatment is available for a broad range of behavioral health issues including, but not limited to anxiety, depression, substance use, traumatic stress and schizophrenia. 

Anxiety is a normal and often healthy emotion. However, when a person regularly feels disproportionate levels of anxiety, it might become a medical disorder.

Anxiety can lead to excessive nervousness, fear, apprehension and worry. It can alter how a person processes emotions and behaves causing physical symptoms. Mild anxiety might be vague and unsettling, while severe anxiety may seriously affect day-to-day living.
 
Anxiety disorders affect 40 million people in the United States. It is the most common group of mental illnesses in the country.
 
Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that affects millions of people every year. Depression negatively affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act. People with depression have an immense feeling of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical problems and can decrease a person’s ability to function at work and at home.
 
Symptoms can include:
  • Feelings of sadness, tearfulness, emptiness or hopelessness
  • Angry outbursts, irritability or frustration, even over small matters
  • Loss of interest or pleasure in most or all normal activities, such as sex, hobbies or sports
  • Changes in appetite — weight loss or gain unrelated to dieting
  • Trouble sleeping or sleeping too much
  • Tiredness and lack of energy, so even small tasks take extra effort
  • Increase in purposeless physical activity (e.g., hand-wringing or pacing) or slowed movements and speech (actions observable by others)
  • Feeling worthless or guilty
  • Trouble thinking, concentrating, making decisions and remembering things
  • Thoughts of death or suicide
Symptoms must last at least two weeks for a diagnosis of depression.
 

Drug addiction, also known as substance use disorder, is a disease that impacts an individual's brain and behavior, leading to an inability to control the use of legal or illegal drugs or medications. Substances such as alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine are also classified as drugs. When you are addicted, you may continue using the substance despite the harm it causes.
 
Ready to start recovery? You can schedule an appointment with one of our addiction medicine specialists.
 

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that is triggered by a terrifying event— either experiencing it or witnessing it. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as uncontrollable thoughts about the event. Traumatic events affect people differently. Symptoms of conditions associated with trauma can develop soon after the event or can emerge much later, and they can last for a few days or weeks or can persist for much longer.
 
PTSD symptoms are generally grouped into four types: intrusive memories, avoidance, negative changes in thinking and mood, and changes in physical and emotional reactions. Symptoms can vary over time or vary from person to person.
 
The Traumatic Stress Center at Summa Health is dedicated to the treatment and investigation of traumatic stress and its consequences. For more information, call 234.475.HELP (4357)
 
Schizophrenia is a chronic brain disorder that affects less than one percent of the U.S. population. When the disease is active, it can be characterized by episodes in which the patient is unable to distinguish between real and unreal experiences. Symptoms can include delusions, hallucinations, trouble with thinking and concentration, and lack of motivation.
 
If you are experiencing any of the symptoms described above, we can help. Call the Summa Health Behavioral Health Institute at 234.475.HELP (4357).

Clinical Programs

Traumatic Stress Center

Outpatient Services

Many behavioral health conditions can be treated without hospitalization through outpatient programs and therapies. Our team of psychiatrists and psychologists provide medication management, ongoing individual counseling, group therapy and other mental health services.

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Inpatient Services

Summa Health offers inpatient behavioral health admissions as an option for patients experiencing a mental health crisis that requires immediate care.

First Step Addiction Treatment

Emergency Room

Through Summa Health’s emergency rooms throughout the region, we can offer emergency addiction and psychiatric care, 24/7. In fact, our First Step program is one of Ohio’s only 24/7 walk-in program for addiction treatment. 

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Research

Through research projects, our team is able to innovate behavioral health treatments in our community and maintain our standard for excellent care.

Patient Care Stories

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Daniel Kay

Daniel sees the world differently after treatment and is grateful for the behavioral health care he's receiving at Summa Health

Video 2

Jason Hale

Now two-and-a-half years sober, he feels like he’s been reborn.

Video 3

Tom Saal

Realized his life's value through the Summa Health Traumatic Stress Center

Video 4

Lynn Vanca

Personalized care and the essential tools to navigate life's ups and downs.

Meet Our Team

The team at our Behavioral Health Institute consists of psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, professional counselors, substance use disorder clinicians and a variety of therapists (music, recreational and art) who are dedicated to outstanding inpatient and outpatient care.

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Locations

Summa Health System – Akron Campus
Emergency Room
151 N. Forge St
Akron, OH 44304
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  • First Step Addiction Recovery Program

Summa Health System - Akron Campus
Juve Family Behavioral Health Pavilion
45 Arch Street
Akron, OH 44304
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  • General Information
  • Partial Hospitalization Program, Behavioral Health

Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP)

  • Traumatic Stress Center
  • Addiction Medicine Intensive Outpatient Program, Vivitrol Clinic
  • Inpatient Services
 

Summa Health System – Akron Campus
75 Arch Street, Suite 410
Akron, OH 44304
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  • Summa Health Medical Group Behavioral Health

Summa Health System – Barberton Campus
Summa Health Medical Group Behavioral Health
155 Fifth St. NE, Suite 104
Barberton, OH 44203
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  • Addiction Medicine Intensive Outpatient Program

Summa Health System – Barberton Campus
Emergency Room
155 Fifth St, NE
Akron, OH 44203
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  • First Step Addiction Recovery Program

Summa Health Green Medical Center
1835 Franks Parkway
Uniontown, OH 44685
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  • Summa Health Medical Group Behavioral Health

Summa Health Green Emergency Department
1825 Franks Parkway
Uniontown, OH 44685
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  • First Step Addiction Recovery Program

Summa Health Hudson Medical Center
1305 Corporate Dr., Suite B
Hudson, OH 44236
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  • Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP):
    •  Psychiatry IOP
    • Addiction Medicine IOP

Summa Health Medina Medical Center
3780 Medina Rd
Medina, OH 44256
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  • Summa Health Medical Group Behavioral Health

Summa Health Rootstown Medical Center
4211 State Route 44, Suite 150
Rootstown, OH 44272
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  • Summa Health Medical Group Behavioral Health

Summa Health Stow-Kent Medical Center
3825 Fishcreek Rd, Suite 120
Stow, OH 44224
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  • Summa Health Medical Group Behavioral Health

Summa Health Wadsworth-Rittman Emergency Department
195 Wadsworth Rd
Wadsworth, OH 44281
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  • First Step Addiction Recovery Program
Ignatia Hall

Honoring Our Legacy… Forging Our Future

At Summa Health, we truly honor our history and respect the traditions born here. For more than eight decades, Summa Health has been committed to engaging people in the treatment of alcohol and other substance use disorders and improving the care offered. Over the years our legacy of offering behavioral health services to the community has grown and we are focused on the future of behavioral health care.

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