A Compassionate, Comprehensive Continuum of Care
Methodist Children’s Behavioral Hospitals are part of the complete, statewide continuum of care provided by Methodist Family Health for Arkansas children and their families.
Our mission is to offer the best possible care to those who may need our help. Specifically, we provide care for children and adolescents struggling with psychiatric, behavioral and emotional issues. We do so in environments designed to promote healing, dignity and long-term stability.
At each location, we offer acute inpatient treatment. Our Maumelle hospital provides both acute and subacute care for children and adolescents ages 3 to 17 experiencing psychiatric crisis.
Methodist Children’s Behavioral Hospitals also are the only nonprofit behavioral hospitals in Arkansas. And, they are the only psychiatric hospitals in the county certified in the esteemed Teaching-Family Model.
Rooted in more than a century of service, Methodist Family Health’s approach ensures children continue to thrive after leave our facilities. Our method includes:
- Evidence-based therapy.
- Family involvement.
- Aftercare planning.
Wherever you are in Arkansas, our hospitals are here to provide immediate help, hope, and healing. Find out more about our hospitals:
Visitation for Patients and Clients
To inquire about a visitation or a temporary leave of absence for your loved one in our care, please contact the program in which your loved one is admitted:
- MCBH-Maumelle: 501-803-3388 or 866-813-3388
- MCBH-Jonesboro: 870-336-8800 or 877-730-8933
- Little Rock Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center: 501-661-0720 or 501-661-0727
- Dacus Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center: 501-661-0720 or 870-932-8880
- Headquarters: 501-661-0720
- Other questions or concerns: Info@MethodistFamily.org
Visit our What to Bring page to read and download information on acceptable items for patients.
Have you renewed or applied for Arkansas Medicaid? Visit our Arkansas Medicaid Renewals page for help.
Methodist Children's Behavioral Hospital - Jonesboro
Opening in Fall 2025, Methodist Children’s Behavioral Hospital – Jonesboro is the newest addition to the Methodist Family Health complete continuum of care.
Located in the historic former Craighead Memorial Hospital building, this 70-bed hospital provides acute-only psychiatric care for children under age 18. Serving northeast Arkansas and southern Missouri, this hospital provides the most intensive level of care in our continuum.
Our facility is a beautifully remodeled historic building featuring warm oak interiors in non-patient areas and distinctive decorative wooden installations.
Contact Us
Methodist Children’s Behavioral Hospital – Jonesboro
3024 Red Wolf Blvd.
Jonesboro, AR 72401
Main: 870-336-8800
Toll-Free: 877-730-8933
Hospital Admissions: 501-803-3388
Toll-Free/Emergency: 866-813-3388
Acute Program
The acute program at MCBH-Jonesboro:
- Offers stabilization and psychiatric treatment for children experiencing immediate mental health crises.
- Serves children ages 3 to 17.
- Is staffed by experienced child and adolescent mental health professionals.
- Focuses on short-term, high-intensity care with safe transitions to outpatient or residential programs.
- Is one of only two nonprofit behavioral health hospitals for children in the country (MCBH-Maumelle is the other).
Methodist Children's Behavioral Hospital - Maumelle
Methodist Children’s Behavioral Hospital – Maumelle is a 60-bed facility offering both acute (short-term) and subacute (longer-term) inpatient treatment.
Serving children and adolescents ages 3 to 17, this hospital offers the most intensive level of care in our continuum.
Contact Us
Methodist Children’s Behavioral Hospital – Maumelle
1601 Murphy Drive
Maumelle, AR 72113
Hospital Admissions: 501-803-3388
Toll-Free/Emergency: 866-813-3388
Acute Program
Designed for children and teens in immediate crisis who pose a danger to themselves or others, MCBH-Maumelle:
- Offers psychiatric evaluation and stabilization.
- Provides 24-hour nursing care and daily access to psychiatrists.
- Includes individual, family, and group therapy.
- Goals include safely transitioning children to less-intensive levels of care.
- Subacute Program: Serves boys ages 4 to 11 with long-term psychiatric, behavioral or emotional issues.
- Provides extensive therapy in a physician-led, multidisciplinary environment.
- Focuses on stabilizing behavior and preparing children to return to their families, schools or step-down programs.
- Staffed by Board Certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, therapists, behavioral instructors, and dieticians.
- Includes art, recreational, and pet therapy.
- Provides aftercare and follow-up support through our continuum of care including PRTFs, counseling clinics, day treatment school and school-based services.
- Accepts Medicaid and most private insurance; financial counseling is available.
- Offers free 24-hour assessments for children in crisis.
Subacute Program
Our subacute inpatient program provides extended care to children with long-standing psychiatric, behavioral and emotional issues. Our program focuses on extensive therapeutic intervention and individualized treatment.
Our subacute program is physician-led and multidisciplinary, addressing the overall medical, psychiatric and academic needs of the child, while still attending to their social and emotional lives.
This program also provides:
- Compassionate care for depression, emotional difficulties and behavioral needs.
- Intensive individual, family and group therapy.
- Skill-building activities.
- A staff of board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, therapists, case managers, nurses, teachers and behavioral instructors.
- Therapeutic activities, outings and passes.
- Aftercare and follow-up through counseling services, therapeutic day treatment and school-based counseling services.
Financial Assistance Guidelines Plain Language Summary
Directrices de Asistencia Financiera Resumen en Términos Sencillos
Charge Description Master
Hospitals have price lists similar to that of most businesses. In a hospital, this list is called a “Chargemaster” or Charge Description Master, which is a comprehensive list of all the billable items and services provided within that hospital.
The billed or Chargemaster rates for Methodist Behavioral Hospital are included in this spreadsheet: MBH Chargemaster (XLSX).
Community Health Needs Assessment
According to the Centers for Disease Control, a community health assessment (CHA), also known as community health needs assessment (CHNA), refers to a state, tribal, local, or territorial assessment that identifies key health needs and issues through systematic, comprehensive data collection and analysis. A community health assessment gives organizations comprehensive information about the community’s current health status, needs, and issues. This information can help develop a community health improvement plan by justifying how and where resources should be allocated to best meet community needs. Benefits include:
- Improved organizational and community coordination and collaboration
- Increased knowledge about public health and the interconnectedness of activities
- Strengthened partnerships within state and local public health systems
- Identified strengths and weaknesses to address in quality improvement efforts
- Baselines on performance to use in preparing for accreditation
- Benchmarks for public health practice improvements
