Overview of the State Mental Health Institutes, August 24th, 2009

(2009) Overview of the State Mental Health Institutes, August 24th, 2009. Human Services, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)

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Abstract

Iowa’s four Mental Health Institutes (MHIs), located in Cherokee, Clarinda, Independence and Mount Pleasant, provide critical access to quality acute psychiatric care for Iowa’s adults and children needing mental health treatment, and provide specialized mental health related services. The specialized services include substance abuse treatment, dual diagnosis treatment for persons with mental illness and substance addiction, psychiatric medical institution for children (PMIC), and long-term psychiatric care for the elderly (geropsychiatric).

Item Type: Departmental Report
Keywords: Human Services, Mental Health, State Institutions
Subjects: Social issues and programs > Civil and human rights
Health and medicine > Healthcare > Mental health
Health and medicine > Public health
Social issues and programs
State government
ID Code: 8496
Deposited By: Margaret Barr
Deposited On: 01 Oct 2009 16:48
Last Modified: 01 Oct 2009 16:48
URI: https://publications.iowa.gov/id/eprint/8496