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At St. Francis Medical Center, we deliver expert, compassionate inpatient care when behavioral health issues interfere with your loved one’s everyday functioning or pose a threat to his or her safety. Behavioral health issues such as depression, unexplained fears (phobias) and substance abuse can affect the way your loved one thinks and feels. Our program offers hope for healing and a personalized path to recovery.

The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) San Antonio Family Center (SAFC) was transformed from a directly operated Adult clinic to a Children’s clinic in 1985, and was housed in a free standing building in Bell Gardens for 20 years. Since then, the SAFC has provided services to children and adolescents birth to transitional age youth who are experiencing severe emotional disturbances.