Comprehensive Acute and Subacute Inpatient Services in Central Arkansas
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.
Visit our What to Bring page to read and download information on acceptable items for patients.
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
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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
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.
Visit our What to Bring page to read and download information on acceptable items for patients.
