Institute of Living

Hartford Hospital

200 Retreat Avenue

Hartford, CT 6106

Main Tel: 860-545-7001

Intake Tel 1: 860-545-7200

Intake Tel 2: 800-673-2411

Website: http://www.instituteofliving.org

Information and Services

Age Groups Accepted
  • Adults
  • Children/adolescents
  • Seniors (65 or older)
  • Young adults
Ancillary Services
  • Education services
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Supported employment
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Tobacco cessation counselling
  • Vocational rehabilitation services
Emergency Mental Health Services
  • Crisis intervention team
  • Psychiatric emergency walk-in services
Payment/Insurance Accepted
  • County or local government funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Other State funds
  • Private health insurance
  • State corrections or juvenile justice funds
  • State education funds
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • State mental health agency funds
  • State welfare or child and family services funds
  • U.S Department of VA funds
Primary Focus of the Provider
  • Mental Health Treatment Services
Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)
  • Hospital inpatient
  • Outpatient
  • Other residential services (excluding RTCs)
  • Partial hospitalization/day treatment
  • Psychiatric hospital or unit
  • Residential
Special Programs/Groups Offered
  • Persons with Alzheimer’s or dementia
  • Clients referred from the court/judicial system (other than DUI/DWI)
  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
  • Persons with eating disorders
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Children with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
  • Persons with serious mental illness (SMI)
  • Transitional age young adults
  • Veterans
Language Services
  • Services for the hearing-impaired
  • Spanish
Facility Smoking Policy
  • Smoking Not allowed
Treatment Approaches
  • Activity therapy
  • Behavior modification
  • Cognitive/behavior therapy
  • Couple/family therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Electroconvulsive therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated dual disorders treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Psychotropic medication
  • Trauma therapy
Type of Care
  • Mental health treatment