national association for behavioral healthcare national association for behavioral healthcare the national association for behavioral healthcare (nabh) is a non-profit organization based in washington, dc and established in 1933. naphs educates health care providers on issues like behavioral health, mental disorders, and substance use. national association for behavioral healthcare, formerly the national association of psychiatric health systemstypenonprofit organizationindustrypsychiatry, medicinefounded1933 (1933)headquarterswashington, d.c.key peoplemark j. covall (president and ceo)websitehttps://www.nabh.org/ overview nabh was founded in 1933 as the national association of private psychiatric hospitals (napph). in 1993 napph changed its name to the national association of psychiatric health systems (naphs). in april 1999, the association of behavioral group practices (abgp) merged with naphs. nabh is an industry association that actively lobbies on behalf of america's largest psychiatric hospital chains. members include "more than 800 specialty psychiatric hospitals, general hospital psychiatric and addiction treatment units, residential treatment centers, youth services organizations, and other providers of care." nabh issues policy guidelines with regard to mental and behavioral health issues at the state and federal level. mark j. covall is president and ceo of nabh. the nabh hosts annual conferences dedicated to mental health policy in the united states. in 2018, the national association of psychiatric health systems changed its name to national association for behavioral healthcare.