Center for Behavioral Medicine
Center for Behavioral Medicine (CBM), formerly Western Missouri Mental Health Center, is an agency for the Department of Mental Health. CBM is located on Hospital Hill in the heart of Kansas City and provides comprehensive psychiatric care to patients from Kansas City as well as the 54 counties in the Western side of the State. CBM operates as one of the major training sites for the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Department of Psychiatry, fulfilling academic and research needs. Additionally, students, residents, and post-doctoral fellows are trained at CBM to deliver integrated physical and behavioral health care.
The Center focuses its services on bridging the gap between physical and behavioral medicine with an emphasis on wellness. The Center provides a therapeutic approach to recovery that assists individuals to progress regardless of their limitations or symptoms by utilizing evidence based diagnostic and therapeutic modalities in a holistic approach to patient treatment.