Coastal Behavioral Health Fact

For more than 50 years, we have been "Caring for Our Community" by providing affordable, evidence-based behavioral healthcare services to children, adolescents, adults, seniors and their families who struggle with mental-health and substance-use issues. July 2020 saw two organizations with this mission — First Step of Sarasota and Coastal Behavioral Healthcare — join to provide better service more cost-effectively. The leadership and staff of this new, stronger First Step of Sarasota Inc. know that while the job is never done, we succeed every time a family is reunited, a person with a mental illness is well again, or a child threatening suicide is saved.We celebrate every time an individual achieves his or her self-determined goals for health, life, and well-being. First Step of Sarasota offers innovative and comprehensive mental health and substance use programs for adults and children, including inpatient, outpatient and telehealth services. If you or someone you know is experiencing mental health or substance use challenges, First Step of Sarasota can help. We offer innovative treatment programs for both children and adults to help them transform their lives and conquer their challenges by providing customized mental health and substance use treatments to our patients. FIRST STEP OF SARASOTA, INC. IS A 501 (C ) (3) ORGANIZATION. A COPY OF THE OFFICIAL REGISTRATION AND FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON CH1573 MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DIVISION OF CONSUMER SERVICES BY CALLING TOLL FREE 800 435 7352 WITHIN THE STATE. REGISTRATION DOES NOT IMPLY ENDORSEMENT, APPROVAL OR RECOMMENDATION BY THE STATE.

Holly Holbrook
1 Star
Would not send your child here! My 9 year old son who is on a lot of medication including controlled substances had to reschedule his appointment and they wouldn’t call his medications in until he seen a doctor so I had to take him to the emergency room because he was going through severe withdrawals!! This place is a nightmare and don’t try and call them you will never get a hold of anyone or a call back! I had to literally go in to get anything done and that didn’t even get us anywhere!
Tuesday 30th April 2019

Brian James
1 Star
THEY had my son on 2 different CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES. But when we were 13 mins late for an appointment they refused to see him an give him his meds!! We had to take him to Er, doctor there filled his meds an couldnt believe they would do that with a child!! said for us to call a lawyer an we did, mind you now our son is 9 years old. SEE YOU IN COURT COASTAL!! You should be ashamed of yourselves
Tuesday 21st May 2019