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OUR MISSION

Star View Adolescent Center, Inc. (Star View), opened its unique Adolescent Center in Torrance in 1996 to provide an alternative to State Hospital placement for high needs youth. Developed with the Los Angeles County Departments of Mental Health (DMH) and Children and Family Services (DCFS), the Adolescent Center combines a Psychiatric Health Facility (PHF), Community Treatment Facility (CTF), and a Non-Public School, called South Bay High School.

Star View's and SBHG's mission is to:
"Develop and operate a full continuum of mental health services that reflect clinical excellence and continuous quality improvements, to maintain an unconditional commitment to assisting clients with mental illness to achieve and maintain their optimum level of functioning and quality of life, and to provide effective mental health treatment and cost-efficient services that involve and respect the diverse resources and talents available within the client, family, staff, and community."

South Bay High School is a part of Star View Adolescent Center, a comprehensive mental health treatment center for adolescents who are seriously emotionally disturbed and cannot be treated effectively in existing community care facilities. The Center provides a safe, structured and supportive environment for adolescents between the ages of 12 and 18.

The Adolescent Center and its school are part of the Stars Behavioral Health Group (SBHG), an organization of programs dedicated to serving clients with serious mental health problems with the highest dignity and quality of service.

The mission of SBHG is:

  • To develop and operate a full continuum of mental health services that reflect clinical excellence and continuous quality improvements;
  • To maintain an unconditional commitment to assisting clients with mental illness to achieve and maintain their optimum level of functioning and quality of life
  • To provide effective treatment and cost-efficient services that involve and respect the diverse resources and talents available within the client, family, staff, and community.