Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers
Description
This industry comprises establishments with medical staff primarily engaged in providing outpatient services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders and alcohol and other substance abuse. These establishments generally treat patients who do not require inpatient treatment. They may provide a counseling staff and information regarding a wide range of mental health and substance abuse issues and/or refer patients to more extensive treatment programs, if necessary. Illustrative Examples: Outpatient alcoholism treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient mental health centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient detoxification centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient substance abuse treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient drug addiction treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals)
Hierarchy
| Code | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | Health Care and Social Assistance 2-digit sector | The Sector as a Whole The Health Care and Social Assistance sector comprises establishments providing health care and social assistance for individuals. The sector includes both health care and social assistance because it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between the boundaries of these two activities. The industries in this sector are arranged on a continuum starting with establishments providing medical care exclusively, continuing with those providing health care and social assistance, and finally finishing with those providing only social assistance. Establishments in this sector deliver services by trained professionals. All industries in the sector share this commonality of process, namely, labor inputs of health practitioners or social workers with the requisite expertise. Many of the industries in the sector are defined based on the educational degree held by the practitioners included in the industry. Excluded from this sector are yoga and aerobics instruction in Subsector 611, Educational Services, physical fitness facilities in Subsector 713, Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries, and personal fitness training services and non-medical diet and weight reducing centers in Subsector 812, Personal and Laundry Services. Although these can be viewed as health services, these services are not typically delivered by health practitioners. |
| 621 | Ambulatory Health Care Services 3-digit subsector | Industries in the Ambulatory Health Care Services subsector provide health care services directly or indirectly to ambulatory patients and do not usually provide inpatient services. Health practitioners in this subsector provide outpatient services, with the facilities and equipment not usually being the most significant part of the production process. |
| 6214 | Outpatient Care Centers 4-digit industry group | This industry group comprises establishments with medical staff primarily engaged in providing a range of outpatient services, such as family planning, diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders and alcohol and other substance abuse, and other general or specialized outpatient care. |
| 62142 | Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers 5-digit NAICS industry | See industry description for 621420. |
| 621420 | Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers 6-digit U.S. detail | This industry comprises establishments with medical staff primarily engaged in providing outpatient services related to the diagnosis and treatment of mental health disorders and alcohol and other substance abuse. These establishments generally treat patients who do not require inpatient treatment. They may provide a counseling staff and information regarding a wide range of mental health and substance abuse issues and/or refer patients to more extensive treatment programs, if necessary. Illustrative Examples: Outpatient alcoholism treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient mental health centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient detoxification centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient substance abuse treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals) Outpatient drug addiction treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals) |
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Classification References
- 01Establishments known and licensed as hospitals primarily engaged in the inpatient treatment of mental health and substance abuse illnesses with an emphasis on medical treatment and monitoring are classified in Industry 622210, Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals;
- 02Establishments primarily engaged in the inpatient treatment of mental health and substance abuse illnesses with an emphasis on residential care and counseling rather than medical treatment are classified in Industry 623220, Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities;
- 03Establishments of physicians primarily engaged in the independent practice of psychiatry or psychoanalysis are classified in U.S. Industry 621112, Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists;
- 04Establishments of independent mental health practitioners (except physicians) are classified in Industry 621330, Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians); and
- 05Establishments primarily engaged in providing nonresidential counseling services for substance abuse, mental health, suicide intervention, and other crisis intervention social services to children and youth, the elderly, persons with disabilities, and all other individuals and families are classified in Industry Group 6241, Individual and Family Services.
Index Items
Alcoholism treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals), outpatient
Detoxification centers and clinics (except hospitals), outpatient
Drug addiction treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals), outpatient
Mental health centers and clinics (except hospitals), outpatient
Outpatient mental health centers and clinics (except hospitals)
Outpatient treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals) for substance abuse (i.e., alcoholism, drug addiction)
Outpatient treatment centers and clinics for alcoholism
Outpatient treatment centers and clinics for drug addiction
Psychiatric centers and clinics (except hospitals), outpatient
Substance abuse treatment centers and clinics (except hospitals), outpatient
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External Resources
Census.gov NAICS Detail
Official US Census Bureau definition and scope for NAICS 621420.
National Alliance on Mental Illness
A leading patient advocacy and educational organization for mental health services.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A U.S. federal agency providing data and resources on substance abuse and mental health care.
Directory of Mental Health Professionals
A professional organization offering directories and resources for mental health practitioners.
