Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center

Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center is a behavioral health and substance use treatment provider in Los Angeles, California, offering inpatient mental health hospitalization along with outpatient services for co-occurring disorders.

Located in the Echo Park neighborhood, this long-standing organization has served the Greater Los Angeles area since 1953.

Gateways focuses on evidence based, family centered care for adolescents, transitional-age youth, and adults living with mental illness and addiction.

24/7 Stabilization and Care at Gateways Hospital

Care often begins with inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, providing 24/7 stabilization, medication management, therapy and discharge planning.

From there, clients may step down into outpatient programming that addresses both mental health and co-occurring substance use concerns.

Outpatient services include individual, group, and family therapy, psychiatric evaluation, case management, relapse prevention and life-skills training.

Gateways draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and other evidence based approaches to support youth, young adults and adults with chronic or complex needs.

Quick Facts About Gateways Hospital

• Location: 1891 Effie Street in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles, California
• Levels of care: Inpatient mental health hospitalization and outpatient behavioral health and addiction services
• Who they treat: Adolescents (ages 13–17), children and young people (ages 6–25) and adults (ages 18–59), including those with co-occurring disorders
• Approach: Evidence based, family centered and community based care, including CBT and social rehabilitation
• Payment options: Self-pay, sliding scale and Medi-Cal certified outpatient services contracted with LA County Department of Mental Health
• Special features: Adolescent inpatient program with academic support, therapeutic activities and life-skills development