Media

Reporters working on a story should contact Lisa Lewis, Communications Director, at (413) 931-5231. We will make every effort to work with you. However, please note that it is our legal duty to protect the privacy of our patients. We are unable to confirm or deny whether an individual is or was a patient at the Austen Riggs Center.

If members of the media plan on visiting Riggs, they must be accompanied by the Communications Manager or another staff member while on site. Please call (413) 931-5231 to schedule a visit. The Austen Riggs Center is located at 25 Main Street, Stockbridge, MA 01262.

A small, not-for-profit psychiatric treatment center founded in 1919, the Austen Riggs Center, located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, is internationally known for its respectful work with patients whose serious emotional disturbances have not responded to treatment efforts. Consistently ranked a “Best Hospital” by U.S. News & World Report, Riggs is the only psychiatric hospital of its kind in the country that provides quality care based on intensive, individual psychodynamic psychotherapy in a completely open therapeutic community setting. Integral to the Center’s mission, Riggs’ Erikson Institute for Education and Research is committed to furthering the study of psychodynamic thought and treatment.

Accreditation
The Austen Riggs Center is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health (DMH). The Center's Continuing Medical Education Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and its one-year advanced psychiatric residency program is accredited by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).