Austen Riggs Center, a leading psychiatric hospital and residential treatment program, has been serving adults since 1919. Within an open setting, patients inhabit an intensive treatment milieu that emphasizes respectful engagement. Individual psychodynamic psychotherapy is provided four times a week by doctors on staff. The Erikson Institute for Education and Research of the Austen Riggs Center studies individuals in their social contexts through research, training, education, and outreach programs in the local community and beyond.