The Massachusetts Association of Behavioral Health
Systems (MABHS) is the only trade association in
Massachusetts whose central mission is to focus on
inpatient psychiatric and substance abuse issues.
Originally founded in 1989 by the freestanding
psychiatric hospitals, the MABHS has grown over the
years and now consists of 49 inpatient facilities
statewide, from the Berkshires to Cape Cod. Its member
facilities have over 2,200 beds, and admit over 60,000
patients on an annual basis. Its members include
freestanding psychiatric hospitals; substance abuse
facilities; and psychiatric units in acute general
hospitals.
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