The Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare (OBH) Center at the University of New Hampshire in the College of Health and Human Services was established in 2015 with the mission to advance the Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare field through the development of best practices, effective treatments, and evidenced-based research. Fundamental to the mission of the OBH Council, we will continue to be one of the primary funding sources for the independently led OBH Council.
The Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Council was founded in 1996 when representatives from a handful of wilderness treatment programs joined to collaborate and to share best practices.
The founding programs realized the advantage of uniting to promote program standards and excellence and thus the OBH Council was founded.
Today, the organization and its member programs have been instrumental in raising the bar for wilderness treatment, facilitating research on the efficacy of wilderness treatment for adolescents, and in promoting the industry.
To learn more about the center and its initiatives, visit
https://obhcouncil.com/research/obh-center-opens-unh
To obtain copies of numerous research studies conducted on our field visit the
OBHRC Publications website.
Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Council is a community of leading outdoor behavioral healthcare programs working to advance the field through best practices, effective treatment, and evidence-based research.
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