About Oaklawn Psychiatric Center South Bend Campus
Oaklawn Psychiatric Center's South Bend campus provides behavioral health and addiction treatment for St. Joseph County in northern Indiana.
The center offers outpatient addiction care for adolescents and adults treating substance use disorders alongside behavioral addictions and co-occurring mental health conditions.
As the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic for Elkhart and St. Joseph counties Oaklawn is committed to providing services regardless of a client's ability to pay.
Outpatient Addiction Flexibility
Oaklawn's core focus is outpatient addiction care including group work, family therapy, individual therapy, case management, peer support and medication-assisted treatment.
Specialized programming features intensive group meetings and the New Hope Adolescent Program for younger clients.
In treatment clients work through approaches like CBT, motivational interviewing and relapse prevention planning to address both symptoms and underlying causes.
Sessions combine clinical support with peer connection and family involvement to help build lasting recovery.
Behavioral and Crisis Support
In addition to substances Oaklawn treats a wide range of behavioral addictions, including problem gambling, gaming disorders, internet use disorders, compulsive sexual behavior and compulsive buying.
The organization also provides 24/7 crisis resources such as a crisis phone line, mobile response team and walk-in crisis centers, connecting addiction care with broader stabilization support.
