AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER INC
EIN 04-2103543 · Mental Health & Crisis Intervention (F300)
What they do
THE AUSTEN RIGGS CENTER is A VITAL THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITY, OPEN PSYCHIATRIC RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER, and INSTITUTE for EDUCATION and RESEARCH. OUR MISSION is to PROMOTE RESILIENCE and SELF-DIRECTION IN THOSE WITH COMPLEX PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS to HELP PEOPLE TAKE CHARGE of THEIR LIVES. OUR WORK is GROUNDED IN THE CONVICTION THAT AN INDIVIDUALS PROBLEMS ARE INHERENTLY MEANINGFUL, THAT SUCH PROBLEMS ARE BEST UNDERSTOOD IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT, and THAT TREATMENT LEADS to A MORE FULFILLING LIFE WHEN THE SOURCES of SUFFERING ARE ADDRESSED.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 1953
- Location
- PO BOX 962, STOCKBRIDGE, MA 01262-0962
- County
- Berkshire
- In care of
- CHAUNCEY COLLINS