Berryhill Center for Mental Health 515.955.7171 800.482.8305 Hours Monday - Friday 8am – 5pm

A Variety of Emotional and Mental Health Services

The Berryhill Center of Mental Health offers a wide variety of mental health services and support groups.

Psychiatric Evaluations are used to assess the individual's mental health problems, and determine the best course of treatment and level of service to be provided by the Center staff or other professionals.

Counseling and Psychotherapy provide an outlet for individuals to discuss their problems on a confidential basis and receive assistance in learning to cope with the problem. Individual, couple, family and group therapies are available.

Substance Abuse/Recovery Center is a professional service that includes drug and alcohol awareness classes, smoking cessation classes, and OWI classes. Co-occurring disorders is a specialty area for this program by serving those who are coping with a simultaneous mental health diagnosis.

Confidential adult and adolescent evaluations along with individual and group counseling are available.

Emergency Assistance is available 24 hours a day. During Center operating hours, call the Center at 515.955.7171 or 800.482.8305. A therapist will get back to the caller as soon as possible and will schedule an appointment for them that day if it is needed. Night and weekend emergencies should call the same number.

Partial Hospitalization (PHP) is a comprehensive outpatient program that provides support and treatment for adults facing emotional or mental difficulties, and who may have substance abuse problems. It features coordinated, intensive treatment that is more concentrated than traditional outpatient care. The structured format provides medical monitoring, plus therapeutic groups and activities.

Community Support Service offers people with long term mental health problems a range of services to assist them in living a quality life as independently as possible. Services available to this population include: therapy, home visits, service coordination, crisis assistance, problem solving, advocacy, monitoring of medication, symptom management, education and family support. Calhoun, Hamilton, Kossuth and Webster Counties are served.

ACTION (Assertive Community Treatment In Our Neighborhood) provides assistance to people with the most serious mental illnesses by providing intensive treatment, support and rehabilitative services at home and in the community. These include medication treatment, counseling, day-to-day problem solving, vocational services, and treatment of substance abuse.

Consultation Services are available to professionals and organizations such as medical doctors, clergy, social service providers, nursing facilities, etc. to assist in defining and resolving mental health problems and issues as they relate to a particular person, program or to the community.

Educational Programs and materials are available to groups, service agencies, businesses and organizations on a variety of mental health topics. The purpose of these programs is to increase the public's understanding of ways of achieving good mental health as well as the warning signs of mental illness.