# Psychiatric Care for Bell, California > Bell residents see our psychiatric team in Long Beach, by A Line train, or by secure video across California. Evaluation, diagnosis and medication management. **Source:** https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/psychiatrist-bell/ **Provider:** Breakthrough Mental Health — Long Beach, CA (telehealth across CA) 1. [Home](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/) 2. Psychiatric Care for Bell, California Bell, California Twelve and a half miles straight down the 710, about twenty-four minutes, with only two ways to do it. Evaluation, diagnosis and medication management. [Request an appointment](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/book/)[Call (818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862) *(image: A grandmother and her young granddaughter watering a potted plant together on a balcony in soft morning light)* In short ## Psychiatric care for Bell Bell is about twelve and a half miles from our psychiatric office, roughly twenty-four minutes on the 710. We provide psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis and medication management rather than counselling or weekly therapy. Around forty percent of working-age residents hold commercial insurance we contract with, and secure video visits work anywhere in California. Our office 3646 Long Beach Blvd # 205, Long Beach, CA 90807 Hours Mon–Fri · 8 AM–6 PM (Pacific) Phone [(818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862) [Get directions →](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=3646%20Long%20Beach%20Blvd%20%23%20205%2C%20Long%20Beach%2C%20CA%2090807) Telehealth available across California, with new locations coming to Northern California. What we do ## Psychiatric care for Bell patients We are a psychiatric practice, not a therapy group and not a clinic directory. That means diagnosis, medication, and someone who keeps track of how you are actually doing over time. - ### [Psychiatry Services](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/psychiatry/) Comprehensive psychiatric care — diagnosis, treatment planning, and ongoing management led by a board-certified provider. - ### [Medication Management](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/medication-management/) Careful prescribing, monitoring, and adjustment of psychiatric medications to maximize benefit and minimize side effects. - ### [Psychiatric Evaluation](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/psychiatric-evaluation/) A thorough first assessment to understand your history and symptoms and build an accurate diagnosis and plan. ### What a first visit looks like A full psychiatric evaluation runs about an hour. We go through what brought you in, your history, what you have tried before and how it went, physical health and medications, and what you want to be different. You leave with a working diagnosis where one is clear, a plan, and a follow-up booked — not a referral to somewhere else. Follow-ups are shorter, usually every few weeks at first and further apart once things are steady. Medication changes are made deliberately, one at a time, so it stays possible to tell what is working. ### In person or by video, from Bell Both are real options and the clinical care is the same. Video visits are secure and available anywhere in California, which for most people makes the first appointment in person and the routine follow-ups from home or on a work break. If getting here is the thing standing between you and treatment, take the video visit rather than skipping the care. That is what it is for. Care is provided by our psychiatric team — [Irine Achuamang, MSN, PMHNP-BC](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/providers/irine-achuamang/) and [Austina Cho, MD](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/providers/austina-cho/). Paying for care ## Coverage in Bell, stated plainly Usually, yes. We are in network with 19 commercial carriers, including Aetna, Anthem, Beacon Health Options, Carelon, Cigna and others — you can check your own plan below before booking anything. That list includes TRICARE and TriWest, so service members, veterans and military families are billed like anyone else here. **We do not currently take Medi-Cal managed care.** If that is your coverage, we are a self-pay option rather than a covered visit, and it is better to know that now than at the front desk. Self-pay is $250 for a 60-minute initial psychiatric evaluation and $150 for a 30-minute follow-up visit, and there is a sliding scale — please ask. ### What that looks like in Bell Local coverage data, so you can see roughly where you fall before you call: - Among Bell adults aged 19 to 64, 35.1 percent hold employer-based coverage only and 5.5 percent buy a plan directly, putting 40.5 percent on commercial insurance. [source](https://api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/acs2024_5yr?table_ids=B27010&geo_ids=16000US0604870) - In the same age band 33.6 percent of Bell residents rely on Medi-Cal or another means-tested public program and 19.9 percent, about one in five, have no coverage at all. [source](https://api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/acs2024_5yr?table_ids=B27010&geo_ids=16000US0604870) - Bell has a population of 32,476 and a median household income of $61,020. [source](https://api.censusreporter.org/1.0/data/show/acs2024_5yr?table_ids=B01003,B19013&geo_ids=16000US0604870) Accepted in-network ## In-network with your insurance We're in-network with most major plans, so care stays affordable. Not sure about yours? Verify your coverage in about a minute — or we'll gladly check it for you. No card to hand? Just leave your name and number — tick “look it up for me” and we'll do the checking. Self-pay & sliding-scale options are also available. Verify your coverage[or call (818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862)or request a callback Plans we accept - *(image: Aetna insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Beacon Health Options insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Carelon Behavioral Health insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Cigna insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Evernorth (Cigna behavioral health) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: GEHA (Government Employees Health Association) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: HMC HealthWorks insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Independence Blue Cross (IBX) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Magellan Health insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: MultiPlan insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Optum insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Oscar Health insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: Oxford Health Plans insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: TRICARE insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: TriWest Healthcare Alliance (TRICARE West) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: UMR (UnitedHealthcare) insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* - *(image: UnitedHealthcare insurance accepted at Breakthrough Mental Health)* ## Paying out of pocket? Self-pay rates Clear, upfront self-pay rates — no surprises, no fine print. You’ll know the cost before your first visit. - Initial psychiatric evaluation $250/ 1 hour - Follow-up visit $150/ 30 min Sliding-scale options are available — just ask. [Request an appointment](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/book/) Getting from Bell to this office is about as simple as a Los Angeles journey gets. When we checked on a Wednesday around midday, Google offered only two ways to do it instead of the three it usually produces: the 710 at 12.5 miles and roughly 24 minutes, and East Gage Avenue onto the same freeway at 13.9 miles and about 25. One minute and a mile and a half apart. There is no clever route to know about here and no trap to avoid: whichever one you pick, you arrive at much the same time. We sampled one weekday late morning and not the peaks, so both numbers will stretch in rush hour. The city itself is 2.508 square miles holding about 32,500 people. Bell publishes its own figures on its front page, and one of them is worth pausing on: 15.96 acres of park land, alongside 184 businesses and a $19.5 million operating budget. Camp Little Bear Park and the Bell Community Center are the named facilities. We are not going to spin a clinical claim out of an acreage figure, because none of the sources we rely on supports one. We mention it because it is the sort of number a city states plainly about itself, and because people who live somewhere tightly built tend to already know exactly how much room they have. On coverage, Bell sits in the middle of this stretch of the county. Roughly 40.5 percent of working-age residents hold commercial insurance, which is what we contract with, so for about two in five people reading this the billing question resolves quickly. About 33.6 percent are on Medi-Cal or another means-tested program, which we do not currently bill. That answer is present tense and tied to how the clinic grows, not a fixed position, and we will not imply a Medi-Cal plan is billable here when it is not. Just under 20 percent have no coverage at all. For both of those groups, self-pay at published rates with a sliding scale is sometimes workable and we will say quickly when it is not, and the county help line on (800) 854-7771 answers at any hour. Bell is inside the county’s Service Area 7. If you do not drive, there is a real answer here, with one awkward stretch at the beginning. Bell has no rail station of its own and Florence Station is about 3.2 miles away, standing on unincorporated county land rather than in any city, so you need a bus or a lift for that first leg. After that it is straightforward. We checked Metro’s timetable data rather than assuming from the map, and 240 weekday trips run southbound from Florence straight through to Wardlow Station without changing trains, the first around 4.00am and the last around 1.14am, taking about 22 minutes. Wardlow is inside Long Beach and under half a mile from our door. Separately, Montebello Bus Lines runs a curb-to-curb shuttle called Montebello LINK that serves employment centres in Bell, though it runs toward the Montebello Metrolink Station rather than toward us. What we provide is narrower than the word psychiatrist suggests to most people. We assess, we arrive at a working diagnosis, we prescribe, and then we monitor properly and change the plan when it is not working. We do not offer counselling or weekly therapy. Many people need both, and when therapy is the missing half we say so at the first appointment rather than letting you assume it is included. Three things bring people here most often from this part of the county. The long tail of something that happened years ago, still shaping how a person reacts today. Adult attention problems that were never picked up in childhood and have quietly cost somebody jobs, deadlines and a fair amount of self-respect. And anxiety that has outgrown the ordinary advice about breathing and exercise. All three are assessable in an hour, and all three are commonly carried for a decade first, usually because nobody ever asked the right question. Come down the 710 once for that hour, or take the train, or if neither is realistic, book the video appointment and we will start there instead. What matters is starting, not the mode. In a crisis, 988 answers by call or text at any hour, and the county line is (800) 854-7771. Getting here ## Travelling from Bell Distances and times below are Google's, timed on a weekday at the hour each route note states, in the traffic it labels usual for that route. Allow longer at the peaks each note says were not sampled. ### By car - From Bell City Hall on Pine Avenue the quickest route was 12.5 miles and about 24 minutes on the 710, labelled fastest now due to traffic conditions, sampled at roughly 12.11pm on Wednesday 9 September 2026. The morning and evening peaks were not sampled. [google.com](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&origin=Bell+City+Hall,+6330+Pine+Ave,+Bell,+CA+90201&destination=3646+Long+Beach+Blvd,+Long+Beach,+CA+90807&travelmode=driving)checked 2026-09-09 - Only two driving routes were offered in that sample rather than the usual three. The second, East Gage Avenue onto the 710, measured 13.9 miles and about 25 minutes. [google.com](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&origin=Bell+City+Hall,+6330+Pine+Ave,+Bell,+CA+90201&destination=3646+Long+Beach+Blvd,+Long+Beach,+CA+90807&travelmode=driving)checked 2026-09-09 ### By transit - Bell has no Metro rail station inside its city limits. The nearest is Florence Station on the A Line, about 3.2 straight-line miles from City Hall, standing on unincorporated county land rather than in any city. [gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/LACMTA/gtfs_rail/-/raw/master/stops.txt)checked 2026-09-09 - Metro's timetable data lists 240 weekday A Line trips running southbound from Florence Station through to Wardlow Station without a change, the first departing about 4.00am and the last about 1.14am, with the ride taking around 22 minutes. Wardlow Station is inside Long Beach, about 0.46 straight-line miles from this office. [gitlab.com](https://gitlab.com/LACMTA/gtfs_rail/-/raw/master/stop_times.txt)checked 2026-09-09 - Montebello LINK, run by Montebello Bus Lines, provides curb-to-curb shuttle service to the Montebello Metrolink Station and employment centres in Bell, Commerce, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pico Rivera and Rosemead. [montebelloca.gov](https://www.montebelloca.gov/departments/transit/about_us)checked 2026-09-09 Local ## Other resources in Bell These are listed because they are useful. We have no referral arrangement with any of them. - Bell is one of the communities named in Service Area 7 of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health. [dmh.lacounty.gov](https://dmh.lacounty.gov/about/service-areas/service-area-7/)checked 2026-09-09 - The county's mental health help line answers on (800) 854-7771 at any hour and can arrange service referrals or a crisis assessment. [dmh.lacounty.gov](https://dmh.lacounty.gov/get-help-now/)checked 2026-09-09 - Dialing or texting 988 connects to the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline nationwide. [988lifeline.org](https://988lifeline.org/)checked 2026-09-09 Related ## Worth a look before you book - [Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/conditions/ptsd/) - [ADHD](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/conditions/adhd/) - [Anxiety & Related Disorders](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/conditions/anxiety/) - [Medication Management](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/medication-management/) - [Psychiatry Services](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/treatments/psychiatry/) - [Psychiatrist in Long Beach →](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/psychiatrist-long-beach/) - [All areas we serve →](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/locations/) ## Frequently asked questions How do I drive to you from Bell? Down the 710, 12.5 miles and about 24 minutes from City Hall on a Wednesday around midday. Google offered only two ways in that sample instead of its usual three, and the other, East Gage Avenue onto the same freeway, was 13.9 miles and about 25 minutes. There is not much to choose between them. We did not sample the peaks and both will be slower then. Is there a way here by train? Yes, with one awkward stretch at the start. Bell has no station of its own and Florence Station is about 3.2 miles off, on unincorporated county land. From there Metro's timetable lists 240 weekday A Line trips running straight through to Wardlow Station with no change, roughly 4.00am to 1.14am, about 22 minutes on the train. Wardlow is under half a mile from us. Will my insurance cover it? For about two in five working-age residents here, yes: 40.5 percent hold commercial coverage and those are the plans we contract with. Around 33.6 percent are on Medi-Cal, which we do not currently bill, and just under 20 percent have none. If you are in either group, raise it at the start of the call so nobody wastes your time. What does a first appointment actually involve? About an hour of history. What you are experiencing now, when it started, what has been tried, what your sleep and concentration and appetite are doing, and what runs in the family. It ends in a working diagnosis and a plan, which usually means a medication, or sometimes a clear statement that medication is not the right tool and what is. I have been told I am just disorganised, but it has cost me jobs. Could it be ADHD? Possibly, and adults are frequently missed because the childhood picture people expect is a restless boy rather than a competent adult who is quietly exhausted from compensating. Lost work, missed deadlines and unfinished tasks are the pattern worth assessing. Diagnosis in adults rests on the history, which is why the first appointment takes its time. Do I have to come in person at all? The first visit is better in the room, because an hour face to face gives a diagnosis firmer ground than a screen does. After that, video is the sensible default from Bell. Twenty-four minutes each way is not a hardship, but there is still no reason to spend it every few weeks simply to confirm that a dose is doing what it should. ## Making an appointment from Bell Ask for a time online and we will confirm it. It is a short run down the 710, and video is there if that is easier. [Request an appointment](https://breakthroughmentalhealth.health/book/)[Call (818) 286-3862](tel:+1-818-286-3862)