Riverview Psychiatric Center Information

The Riverview Psychiatric Center, in collaboration with the community, is a center for best practice, treatment, education and research, for individuals with serious, persistent mental illness, and co-occurring substance use disorders. Riverview Psychiatric Center is located in Augusta, Maine. It is a hospital for patients over the age of eighteen. It is a permanent home to some patients. For other patients, it is their own prison. The Center is capable of treating many different types of disorders. From anorexia nervosa to schizophrenia. Each patient is assigned their own doctor who specializes in the right kind of treatment and therapy needed. Few of the doctors lack the patience needed to help the patients at Riverview, but they do their best. While the surrounding communities view the Center as helpful, the patients know what really happens there. The main building is new, rebuilt in the 1980s, the other buildings are older, with plenty of forgotten tunnels and a basement that was once used for storage. The patients who are able to wander, have traveled to these forgotten parts and some take full advantage of the privacy found there. Though the doctors can't be bothered, most of the nurses and security know about the secrets hiding beneath the buildings. There are some staff members of Riverview, who cater to the needs of the patients, in exchange for favors.