Southern Iowa Mental Health Center

In Ottumwa, Iowa, on the western side of the Des Moines River, you’ll find the Southern Iowa Mental Health Center (SIMHC). They specialize in providing mental health services to adults and children, and part of their behavioral health care includes programs on dealing with addictions.

They’re covered under most major private insurance plans as well as Medicaid and Medicare. They also offer patients the ability to pay for services in cash and may extend discounts and a special hospital scholarship plan where the need arises.

Patients as young as 12 can access SIMHC’s treatments for substance use disorder (SUD) or alcohol addiction. The program starts with a detailed evaluation program that helps them determine the best level of care.

They offer both intensive outpatient and extended outpatient programs. Within these programs, SIMHC uses individual and group counseling and therapy sessions to help their patients break free from addictions and learn new skills to face life without turning to substances.

SIMHC also has a crisis intervention service as a part of their behavioral health services. This service allows patients with a substance use crisis to receive urgent care, medication evaluation, and stabilization in emergencies. They also have a mobile crisis response team that can help patients make productive decisions in emergency situations.