South Dakota Council of Mental Health Centers

INTRODUCTION

The eleven mental health centers in South Dakota provide a variety of services to people of all social and economic groups. Just as a large medical group practice includes physicians who have many specialties to help people with medical problems, a mental health center has highly qualified professionals who have many specialties to help people with emotional problems. These specialists may include psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, counselors and case managers.

Mental health centers have the ability to utilize the strengths of this diverse staff to provide quality services ranging from brief, counseling services to very intensive interventions designed to prevent a person from costly hospitalizations. Many of the mental health centers have also responded to other needs in their communities by offering specialized counseling and educational programs for employers, physicians, attorneys, schools and nursing homes.

Specialized programs or services offered by mental health centers may include services for:

Adults with Major Mental Illness:

• Rehabilitation programs for teaching basic life, social and pre-vocational skills;

• Residential programs such as transitional living, group homes, and supervised living, as well as housing assistance;

• Case management to help the individual to obtain needed services with other agencies and find resources within their communities;

• Specialized education and outpatient therapy programs for those with schizophrenia, clinical depression, bi-polar, anxiety disorders, substance abuse and other mental illnesses;

• Psychological testing and assessment; 24-hour suicide intervention and emergency commitment of someone who is in danger of hurting themselves or others;

• Medication management and other psychiatric services;

• Vocational services such as supported employment, job coaching and job follow-along.

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Children and adolescents:

•In-home, family-based services designed to keep families together;

•Case management to help a child obtain needed service with other agencies and find resources in their communities;

•Treatment for attention deficit disorder (ADHD), autism, depression, anxiety, and abuse and neglect;

•Treatment for adolescents related to; teen suicide, stress, peer pressure, substance abuse, and juvenile crime and violence;

•Consultation to school officials and judges and court social service workers;

•Psychological testing and assessment;

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Employers:

•Employee assistance programs to increase employee productivity;

•Management training on a variety of topics: stress management, communication, life stage and pre-retirement adjustment;

•Federal Drug Free Workplace information;

•Critical Incident intervention such as death of a coworker or violent act in the work place.

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Physicians:

•Psychological testing and assessment;

•Treatment for depression, stress and anxiety as a supplement to medications;

•Chronic medical illness emotional side effect and sick family syndrome;

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Attorneys:

•Custody evaluations and home studies;

•Divorce and custody mediation;

•Psychological testing and assessment;

•Expert testimony

•Addiction assessment

•Mental status evaluations

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Schools:

•Psychological testing and evaluation;

•General counseling;

•Consultation to school counselors, administration and parents.

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Nursing Homes:

•Education for staff and families on Alzheimer’s Disease;

•Psychiatric evaluation and medication management;

•Psychological testing and assessment;

•All areas of individual, group and family counseling;

•Social work designee services.

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General Adult:

•Marriage, family, couples, group and individual counseling;

•Personal enrichment and skill development workshops and presentations;

•24-hour emergency services.

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At some time in anyone’s life, one may have emotional problems causing as much pain, for us and our family, as any other illness. Trying to ease that pain is the reason the mental health centers in South Dakota are committed to offering this full range of quality mental health care, education and consultation services. They strive to provide the professional and confidential services the citizens of this state ask for in the most effective and efficient manner possible.

Together, the eleven mental health centers cover all of South Dakota. For more information, check our Directory Page to contact the center nearest you.

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