Behavioral Health

Taking care of your mind is as essential as caring for your body. At Yale Health, providing mental health care to our members is a central part of our mission to care for every aspect of your health, so that you can live your best possible life. 

Your Yale Health behavioral health benefit includes treatment for stress, depression, and anxiety as well as other mental health and substance use issues. Treatment for covered mental health conditions and addictions is provided through a local network of private practitioners that includes:

• psychiatrists,
• clinical psychologists,
• clinical social workers,
• psychiatric clinical nurse specialists,
• alcohol/drug counselors, and
• affiliated organizations such as Yale New Haven Hospital.

Magellan Health Services recommends providers and authorizes treatment for therapy and counseling for members and their dependents. 

Yale Health members do not need a referral from their primary care provider to call Magellan for therapy and counseling.

How to Get Care

Call Magellan for a Provider Recommendation

Call Magellan (800-327-9240) and follow the options on the telephone tree:

• Press 2, for members
• Press 2, for counseling and behavioral healthcare

You will be connected to a licensed mental health clinician. If outpatient treatment is recommended, you have two options for getting an appointment:

1. The Magellan clinician will give you the names and contact information of providers in our network. You then call the providers to make an appointment and see if they are available.
2. Or you can ask the Magellan clinician to find you the earliest possible appointment with an available provider. Magellan will call you back with the date and time of your appointment.

Find a Provider on the Magellan Website

• Another way to find a network provider is through the Yale Health/Magellan web page.
• Choose the "Find Care" icon.
• Click the "Provider Search link." Once you have selected a network provider from the list and made an appointment call Magellan for treatment authorization.
• If you are unsuccessful in getting an appointment with a behavioral health network provider, you can ask a Magellan clinician to do it for you at any point.

Explore Self-Care Options

Go to the Yale Health/Magellan web page to access "Digital Emotional Wellbeing." You will be asked to create an account to get the most from the program. This is completely confidential, and you can use your work or personal email address for this process.

• On the home page, click "Explore."
• Click on "Digital Emotional Wellbeing.
• Use the blue button: "Click here to get started with the Digital Emotional Wellbeing program."
• Enter "Yale Health" in the employer search field.

As you register, you will be asked a series of questions about your interests and concerns, and then you will receive tailored suggestions for wellness and mental health resources through the site. You can then download the NEUROFLOW app, which allows you access to these resources anytime. This program can help you with:

• Aging
• Anxiety
• Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
• Balancing emotions
• Caregiving
• Chronic pain
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Goal setting
• Grief and loss
• Mindfulness and meditation
• Post-traumatic stress disorder
• Pregnancy
• Resilience
• Sleep
• Stress
• Substance misuse