SOUTH DAKOTA
Council of
Mental Health Centers, Inc.

2520 E. Franklin Street
PO Box 532
Pierre, SD  57501
Ph. (605) 224-0123


About Us

The South Dakota Council of Mental Health Centers, Inc.,  represents a network of eleven (11) Community Mental Health Centers (CMHCs), which provide behavioral health services to South Dakota residents statewide.  These centers are located in:  Aberdeen, Brookings, Huron, Lemmon, Mitchell, Pierre, Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Watertown, Winner and Yankton. 

Each CMHC is assigned a service area consisting of one or several counties, and works cooperatively to assure the delivery of high quality behavioral health services in a continuous, coordinated fashion. 

Satellite and outreach clinics, managed by respective CMHCs, are staffed in communities across South Dakota to assure convenient access.

The eleven CMHCs provide a variety of services to people of all social and economic groups.

Just as a large medical group practice includes practitioners with many specialties to help people with medical problems, a CMHC has highly qualified professionals with many specialties to help people with emotional problems. These specialists may include:  psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses, social workers, counselors and case managers.

CMHCs 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

  • Employers

  • Attorneys

  • General Adult

  • Children and Adolescents

  • Schools

  • Physicians

  • Nursing Homes

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 individuals 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 problems, 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; and

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

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; and

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

Attorneys:

•Custody evaluations and home studies;

•Divorce and custody mediation;

•Psychological testing and assessment;

•Expert testimony;

•Addiction assessment; and,

•Mental status evaluations.

General Adult:

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

•Personal enrichment and skill development workshops and presentations; and,

•24-hour emergency services.

Children and adolescents:

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

•Family management services to help a child obtain needed support from 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 with school officials, court officials, and other professionals interacting with children and their families; and,

•Psychological testing and assessment.

Schools:

•Psychological testing and evaluation;

•General counseling; and,

•Consultation with school counselors, administration, and parents.

Physicians:

•Consultation on and referral services for psychological testing and assessment;

•Referral services for treatment of depression, stress and anxiety as a supplement to medications; and,

•Chronic medical illness emotional side effects and sick family syndrome. 



Nursing Homes:

•Education for staff and families on Alzheimer’s Disease and other forms of dementia;

•Psychiatric evaluation and medication management;

•Psychological testing and assessment;

•All areas of individual, group and family counseling; and,

•Social work designee services.


 

 

 
At some time in everyone’s life, a person may have emotional problems causing as much pain, for him and his family, as any other illness. Trying to ease that pain is the reason the CMHCs in South Dakota are committed to offering this full range of quality mental health care, education and consultation services.  We 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 CMHCs cover all of South Dakota. For more information, check our Directory Page to contact the center nearest you.

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South Dakota Council of Mental Health Centers, Inc.
PO Box 532, Pierre, SD  57501-0532  ~  Phone:  605-
224-0123