AAHSD - Ville Platte Behavioral Health Clinic
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312 Court Street
Ville Platte LA, 70586
Contact Phone: (337) 363-5525
Website: http://www.aahsd.org/
Details: The clinic opened on December 20, 1967 as an extension of Crowley Mental Health Clinic operating one day a week with five (5) clients who transferred from the Crowley clinic. The staff consisted of an administrator and nurse who traveled to and from Ville Platte with prescription medication and medical records in a green metal locked box. The clinic was furnished with metal folding chairs borrowed from the teenage center and painted in bright colors and the first desk consisted of a sheet of plywood, sawed in half and nailed on a 2’ by 4’ frame. In 1971, the clinic began operating on a full-time basis and implemented the first Suicide Prevention Program in the State for Evangeline Parish in 1982. Addictive Disorder Services began in the neighboring building as an outreach of the Opelousas Addictive Disorders Clinic. The Ville Platte Addictive Disorders and Mental Health Clinics merged into one building in 2011.