Ozarks Medical Center Behavioral Healthcare is dedicated to delivering efficient and effective mental healthcare services in the least restrictive environment possible. We offer the most comprehensive mental health services program in south central Missouri and north central Arkansas.

At OMC Behavioral Healthcare, our team-oriented clinicians include psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, nurse practitioners, nurses and counselors. With offices in West Plains and Mountain Grove, clients can receive services in the location that best meets their needs.

OMC Behavioral Healthcare was the recipient of the 2001 Missouri Department of Mental Health Consumers Choice Award for children and youth psychiatric services. State-funded mental health services are provided through the Missouri Department of Health to customers in a seven-county region which includes Howell, Shannon, Ozark, Oregon, Texas, Douglas and Wright counties. If you would like more information about services offered by OMC Behavioral Healthcare, please check out our service links. For information about how to access services, please call 417/ 257-6762 or 800/ 492-9439 or E-mail bhc@ozarksmedicalcenter.com.

If you or someone you care for is experiencing a psychiatric emergency, call the crisis hotline (MOCARS) 24-hours a day, 7 days a week at 800/ 356-5395.

Click to learn more about: Adult Services, Kids Care, MOCARS Crisis Assistance and Solutions Employee Assistance Program

Adult Services

Mental health services for adults include:

•	psychotherapy for the individual, group or family aimed at helping individuals restore and maintain health functioning
•	psychological testing that provides assistance to physicians, other healthcare professionals, the courts and community and governmental agencies by evaluating a client's intellectual and emotional functioning with standardized psychological tests
•	case management that is intended to assist individuals in gaining access to psychiatric, medical, social and educational services and support within the community
•	Psycho Social Rehabilitation, a treatment designed to help chronically mentally-ill individuals reach their maximum recovery
•	Medication Services to help reduce the severity and duration of mental disorders

Treatment is provided on an outpatient basis or in the patient's home, based upon each client's individual needs. There also is access to an inpatient NeuroPsych Unit, located in Ozarks Medical Center, for those individuals needing crisis stabilization in a safe, caring environment. Community support workers are available to help those who are chronically ill learn to live in an independent fashion.

Kids Care

OMC Behavioral Healthcare's commitment to meeting the mental health needs of the children in the community was recognized in 2001 when the organization was the recipient of the Missouri Department of Mental Health Consumers Choice Award for children and youth psychiatric services.

Kids Care is OMC Behavioral Healthcare's children and youth services program. Kids Care consists of well-trained professionals working with children, their families and the community, to assist in the process of healthy functioning. Services offered through Kids Care include: targeted case management, psychotherapy (group, individual and family), psychological testing, Early Childhood Day Treatment, family assistance, medication services and crisis stabilization services.

MOCARS Crisis Assistance

OMC Behavioral Healthcare is proud of its ability to be available 24-hours a day in times of crisis. Families, clients and the community at large are encouraged to use MOCARS (Missouri Crisis Access Response System) by dialing 800/ 356-5395. There will be a counselor to take your call, talk with you and, if necessary, identify the best resources available to meet your individual needs and help locate the best resource for each individual's situation.

Solutions Employee Assistance Program

Solutions is an employee assistance program that is offered to businesses in the region. Through the program, business are able to provide their employees and families with the confidential and professional assistance they may need when dealing with some of life's challenges. Those challenges may include problems dealing with stress management, conflict in the workplace, grief recovery, depression, alcohol or drug abuse or referral for help with legal or financial problems.

For more information about how Solutions may benefit your business, call 417/ 257-6762 or E-mail bhc@ozarksmedicalcenter.com.

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