About
About Samaritan Behavioral Health
Samaritan Behavioral Health, Inc., known locally as SBHI, operates at 601 South Edwin C. Moses Boulevard, Building E in Dayton, Ohio. SBHI is the behavioral health arm of Premier Health and traces its history to 1965, when Good Samaritan Hospital opened the Good Samaritan Community Mental Health Center as the first facility of its kind in the Dayton area. Today, the organization is a full-service community mental health center serving Montgomery, Miami, and Preble counties across the Miami Valley.
Clinical services span both mental health and substance use disorder treatment. SBHI’s substance use services are configured for adults and adolescents, including medically supervised withdrawal management, outpatient treatment, and intensive outpatient programming. On the mental health side, the organization offers specialized programs for young children, including Young Children’s Assessment Treatment Services (YCATS) for children under age 6 with disruptive or aggressive behaviors, attention and hyperactivity disorders, trauma, autism, and developmental disorders. The clinic also provides youth medication management, school-based services, and county-specific crisis services.
SBHI is partially funded by the Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for Montgomery County and the Preble County Mental Health and Recovery Board. That public-sector funding enables the organization to accept a broad range of coverage, including Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, self-pay, and sliding-scale fees, reducing financial barriers for families seeking care in the Miami Valley.
The organization is accredited by CARF, a credential that requires sustained commitment to quality measurement and person-centered service planning. SBHI is also licensed and certified by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and it maintains training partnerships with local colleges and universities, serving as a training site for graduate students in counseling and social work as well as undergraduates in related fields.
- CARF-accredited medical detox facility with nearly 60 years of clinical experience
- Specialized dual diagnosis treatment combining medical detox with mental health care
- Suboxone treatment available for medically supervised opioid detox
- Serves deaf and hard of hearing populations with accessible withdrawal management
- Comprehensive payment options including Medicaid, Medicare, and sliding scale fees