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Laurel Oaks Behavioral Health Center is a psychiatric hospital and residential treatment center in Dothan, Alabama. Its official site describes Laurel Oaks as serving children and teens ages 4 through 18, and a SAMHSA national directory lists the facility at 700 East Cottonwood Road in Dothan (Laurel Oaks, SAMHSA directory).

The center's public materials describe psychiatric residential treatment, acute care, and behavioral-health services for youth with mental-health needs. Public directory records and the r/troubledteens directory identify the facility as active (r/troubledteens wiki).

Laurel Oaks has also appeared in public reporting about litigation. In 2024, a lawsuit alleged that the facility mishandled the sexual assault of an eight-year-old patient; WTVY reported in January 2026 that the civil case settled before trial (Levin Papantonio, WTVY).