Plains Area Mental Health Center
Treatment center
At a glance
- Address
- 515 Highway 39, Denison, IA 51442
- Levels of care
- OutpatientTelemedicine
- Ages served
- Youth (Ages 12-17)Young Adults (Ages 18-25)Adults (Ages 26-64)Seniors (Ages 65+)
- Languages
- Sign language
Detox and medication
Detox
- Not offered: Opioids
- Not offered: Alcohol
- Not offered: Benzodiazepines
- Not offered: Methamphetamines
- Not offered: Cocaine
Medication assisted treatment
- Offered: Buprenorphine
- Offered: Naltrexone
- Not offered: Methadone
Services and programs
Services
Special programs
Meetings in Denison
Treatment and fellowship meetings do different jobs, and most people end up using both.
Questions people ask about Plains Area Mental Health Center
Is Plains Area Mental Health Center inpatient or outpatient?
They provide outpatient and telemedicine, which is the whole of what this address in Denison is set up for.
Can you detox at Plains Area Mental Health Center?
No. There is no detox listed near Denison at all, so the first call is worth making to ask who they work with for it.
Is treatment available in a language other than English?
They work in 1 language beyond English: Sign language. Ask whether the group sessions in Denison are in it too, or only the one to one ones.
Is medication assisted treatment available at Plains Area Mental Health Center?
They prescribe 2 medications: buprenorphine and naltrexone. What a provider actually stocks changes, so ask for the one you need by name before driving to Denison.
Does Plains Area Mental Health Center have beds?
Outpatient only, and nothing within 14 miles of Denison has beds either, so a residential stay would mean traveling further than that.
Does Plains Area Mental Health Center do co-occurring treatment?
They treat mental health alongside the substance use, so both sides are handled in one place. Ask whether the psychiatric side is on site, because in Denison that is the part that varies.
What happens to the medication I already take?
Most of what you take carries on. The exceptions are decided clinically rather than by policy. Some abstinence based programs are uncomfortable with prescribed medication, and that is a genuine difference between centers. Ask who to speak to if something needs changing mid program.
Who has access to my records?
What a center can say about you to anyone is narrow, and it is narrow by default rather than on request. A mandated program reports attendance to whoever ordered it, and that is set by the order rather than by the center. Decide now who you want kept informed, because that form is easier to fill in calmly than in a crisis.