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UNM Children's Psychiatric Center (CPC)

Albuquerque, New Mexico · Part of University of New Mexico Hospital / UNM Health System

Level of care
Inpatient, Residential, Partial hospitalization (PHP)
Ages
Up to 17
Insurance
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Christus Health, Cigna and 9 more

Listed as operating. 7 sources, newest retrieved Jun 24, 2026. Record researched Jun 24, 2026.

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Published program summary

New Mexico's only children's psychiatric facility affiliated with an academic medical center (UNM Hospital) and the state's only children's emergency psychiatric unit, serving children and adolescents through age 17 regardless of a family's ability to pay. Newly expanded (June 2026) 36-bed, trauma-informed facility at 1001 Yale Blvd NE — designed to scale to 52 beds — offering inpatient, residential, and partial hospitalization (day) levels of care.

Services and populations

Specialties
ADHD, Anger management, Anxiety, Behavior disorders, Brain injuries, Depression, Learning disabilities, Mental illness, Mood disorders, Trauma, Trouble at school, Serious emotional disturbances, Children's emergency psychiatric care, Abuse / sexual trauma
Modalities
Art therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Group therapy, Individual therapy, Community-family therapy, Multisystemic therapy, Grief counseling, Special care for abuse or sexual trauma, School-based therapy, Medication therapy / management, Patient and family education
Approximate published capacity
36 patient beds (currently available; newly expanded facility designed to scale to 52 inpatient beds)

Insurance and payment

Insurance listed
Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Christus Health, Cigna, HealthSmart, Humana, Medicaid FFS, Medicare FFS, Molina, Presbyterian Health Plan, Tricare West, Tricare For Life, United Healthcare
Payment notes
Insurance carrier list is ORG-WIDE for UNM Health System (taken from the system Billing & Insurance page), not CPC-specific. That page hedges "UNM Health accepts most major insurance plans, including:" before listing carriers. CPC is described on its own page as the state's only children's emergency psychiatric unit "available regardless of a family's ability to pay." Patient Financial Service reps can help families apply for Turquoise Care (New Mexico's Medicaid program). Medicaid acceptance is consistent with the academic-medical-center / public-hospital model and the discovery note.

Credentials and public record

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Location

Address
1001 Yale Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106
County
Bernalillo County

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