Austen Riggs Center

Austen Riggs Center
Geography
LocationStockbridge, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States
Coordinates42°16′59.1″N 73°18′47.9″W / 42.283083°N 73.313306°W / 42.283083; -73.313306
Organization
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityCambridge Health Alliance, Yale Child Study Center, Yale University School of Medicine
Services
StandardsJoint Commission
Beds74
SpecialtyResidential Treatment Center
History
OpenedJuly 21, 1919 (1919-07-21)
Links
Websitehttp://www.austenriggs.org/
ListsHospitals in Massachusetts

The Austen Riggs Center is a psychiatric treatment facility in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1913 as the Stockbridge Institute for the Study and Treatment of Psychoneuroses, it was renamed the Austen Fox Riggs Foundation in 1919.

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