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Island Health is a nonprofit, 43-bed hospital and health system based in Anacortes, WA, serving Skagit, Island, and San Juan counties. Founded in 1962, it operates primary care clinics in Anacortes and Orcas Island and offers a broad range of services including cancer care, physical/occupational/speech therapy, wound care, sleep wellness, psychiatry and behavioral services, family practice, and specialty clinics. The organization is governed by a five-member public hospital district board and emphasizes community-based care and holistic patient treatment. Island Health markets itself as a 5-star Medicare hospital and a top 100 rural hospital in the U.S. It employs about 192 people (with recent growth) and has international presence in several countries, though most staff are based in the U.S. For psychiatry and behavioral health services specifically, Island Health provides psychiatry and behavioral services as part of its comprehensive behavioral health offerings. Careers are actively advertised on their site.

Clinic Type

Mental Health

Address

M Avenue Building, Lower Level 2511 M Avenue, Suite G Anacortes, WA 98221

Phone

360.299.4297

Email

FAA@islandhospital.org

Opening Hours

Reception Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Clinical Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closed Daily for Lunch: Monday – Friday 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Emergency Care

Crisis Contacts listed: Crisis Connections 866.427.4747; Crisis Line 800.584.3578; National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255 (English) / 1-888-628-9454 (Español); Warm Line 877.500.9276

Services Offered

Team

  • Shad Ali, MD — Provider
  • Christopher DiPesa, DO — Provider
  • Constance Guy, LMHC, CMHS — Provider
  • Paul Hammer, MD — Provider
  • Melody Lovely — Provider

Insurance & Payment

Island Psychiatry & Behavioral Health is an Island Health-affiliated clinic. Patients seeking care at this clinic may receive a separate billing for a facility fee. This fee could result in higher out-of-pocket expenses. Patients should contact their insurance company to determine coverage for hospital-based facility charges.

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FAQs

What are the reception/clinical hours?

Reception Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Clinical Hours: Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Closed Daily for Lunch: 12:15 p.m. – 12:45 p.m.

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What Patients Say

Overall sentiment across review platforms: mixed

  • Vitals / WebMD: No ratings available/Be the first to leave a review (0)

Patients praise

  • commitment to patient-focused care and feedback improvement
  • offers reduced fees for financial hardship
  • general praise for Island Health hospital staff in non-psychiatric contexts

Common complaints

  • negative reviews are attributed to employer-mandated evaluations where individuals were found unfit for work
  • allegations of fraudulent reviews by non-patients

"Many of these highly critical comments are from people who are not patients at Island Psychiatry... These individuals are fully aware that they are not receiving our services as patients. Some of these employees are found to be mentally unfit to continue working. They are understandably distressed and angry."

Island Psychiatry website post on reviews

Synthesized from public review platforms as of Jul 11, 2026 — sources: [1][2][3][4].

Information sourced from the clinic's website as of July 11, 2026.

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