Program areas at Northern Pines Mental Health Center
Northern Pines is a comprehensive community Mental Health Center that was established in 1964, with a six-county service area in central Minnesota that includes aitkin, cass, crow wing, morrison, todd, and wadena counties. We have offices in aitkin, brainerd, little falls, long prairie, pine river, staples, and wadena.we provide a full range of Mental Health services to all ages, including mobile and residential crisis outreach services, adult community based services, assertive community treatment services for adults and youth, children & family services, school-based services, Mental Health and wellness education and promotion, medication management, outpatient therapy, psychiatry, peer specialist services, substance use services, a drop-in Center located in staples, and more.as an essential community provider, Northern Pines provides reduced or no-fee services, based on its sliding fee scale. A Minnesota nonprofit corporation, Northern Pines is governed by a volunteer board of directors, representing the communities it serves.