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Division of Behavioral Health Services

About Behavioral Health Services

Behavioral Health Services Vision

All Arizona residents touched by the public behavioral health system are easily able to access high quality prevention, support, rehabilitation and treatment services that have resiliency and recovery principles at their core, which assist them in achieving their unique goals for a desired quality of life in their homes and communities.

NEW! An Introduction to Arizona's Public Behavioral Health SystemPDF

Created in 1986, the Arizona Department of Health Services/Division of Behavioral Health Services (ADHS/DBHS) serves as the single state authority to provide coordination, planning, administration, regulation and monitoring of all facets of the state public behavioral health system.

ADHS/DBHS contracts with community based organizations, known as Regional Behavioral Health Authorities (RBHAs), to administer behavioral health services throughout the State. RBHAs function in a fashion similar to a health maintenance organization.

The RBHAs

RBHAs contract with a network of service providers to deliver a full range of behavioral health care services, including prevention programs for adults and children, a full continuum of services for adults with substance abuse and general mental health disorders, adults with serious mental illness, and children with serious emotional disturbance.

The State is divided into six geographical service areas (GSAs) served by four Regional Behavioral Health Authorities (RBHAs).

Magellan serves Maricopa County. 
Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA) serves Pima County.
Northern Arizona Behavioral Health Authority (NARBHA) serves Mohave, Coconino, Apache, Navajo, and Yavapai Counties.
Cenpatico Behavioral Health of Arizona serves La Paz, Yuma, Greenlee, Graham, Cochise, Santa Cruz, Gila, and Pinal Counties.

The Tribal RBHAs (TRBHAs)

In addition to RBHAs, ADHS/DBHS has Intergovernmental Agreements (IGAs) with some of Arizona's American Indian Tribes to deliver behavioral health services to persons living on the reservation.  ADHS/DBHS currently has IGAs with five Arizona Indian Tribes to provide covered behavioral health services for American Indians on reservations.

Gila River Indian Community, Navajo Nation, Pascua Yaqui Tribe and the White Mountain Apache Tribe of Arizona each have an IGA for both Title XIX (Medicaid) and State Subvention Services. Colorado River Indian Tribe has an IGA for State Subvention Services. Services to other Native American Indian Tribes are provided and covered by the local RBHA in which the tribal reservation resides.

Want to Learn More?

Call us at 602-364-4558, toll-free at 1-800-867-5808 or email us at dbhsinfo@azdhs.gov

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