Friendship Community Mental Health Center

I would never recommend this center to anyone. This is not the place to send your loved ones. They completely lack professional courtesy towards those that need help! I would never send anyone I cared about to this place. My son needed help and did not even have the courtesy to return a phone call. Their lack of concern for those in need is very evident,. My son attended there for two weeks but we had to take him out of the program due to a prearranged vacation. We were assured there would be no problem getting him back into the program after we got back. This was a false statement because when we returned we could not get him back in even after numerous calls from my son and myself. No response what so ever even though my son wanted to get back into this program. Instead of builing him up they tore him down. What an unprofesssional place. Instead of helping those that feel rejected by everyone in society, they make them feel worse about themselves. This is not the place to send anyone you care about.

The Friendship Community Psychiatric Center has brought meaning to my life and it has forced me to escape from the web of severe depression and bipolar disorder that I have been entangled in for such a long time. I owe alot to my Care Planner, Erin, as well as my group therapists Linda Cohen, Bonnie, Edna, Dixie, and Andrew. All of the people that I have mentioned sincerely care about my psychological well-​being and in essence challenge me and stimulate me and yes motivate me to work at my recovery. Granted, I am making gradual improvement in my growth, but I am quite confident that I will make it through my many life issues.
Warm, attuned, and caring best describe the entire staff at FCMHC.
Thank you so much!
Ken S.

It’s been five years and I am back at Friendship Community Mental Health Center. For me it is still the alternative to having myself hospitalized for depression-​major depression. Would I rather not having to be doing this, of course, but needs to be done so here I am again.
Before I decided to write an update of Friendship CMH. I asked myself does that first review still apply. I have been in the program for six weeks now and can say for all intents and purposes, yes. Is it still tricky to write the update, yes. But if it would help one individual to deal with the depths that mental ill ness can take you to, it is worth it to do so again.
One bit of information I will approach this time that I didn’t in the first review. Most insurance plans do cover treatment at Friendship so if you need it take advantage of that fact.

I spent three days looking for a place for my sister. I found myself frustrated because AHCCS does not offer a lot of options and most of the places covered are less than satisfactory. I called Megan at Friendship and right away I knew this was the place for my sister. Megan was professional and caring. The only thing I can say is go in, take a tour and talk to the staff, you’ll leave optimistic about treatment. The facility is clean and inviting. If you are in the process of looking for options you can stop here!