Region 8 Mental Health Services – Mental Health Mississippi (2024)

Mental Health Mississippi

Region 8 Mental Health Services provides services in the following counties, but if you need immediate crisis assistance, contact your Mobile Crisis Response Team More.

Teams consist of mental health professionals who can provide support to people experiencing a mental health, alcohol and drug, or intellectual and development disabilities crisis. Mobile Crisis Response Teams More are available in all 82 counties in Mississippi 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The number is listed under each county.

Adult Services

Acute Partial HospitalizationAcute Partial Hospitalization services provide medical supervision, nursing services, structured therapeutic activities and intensive psychotherapy (individual, family and/or group) to people who are experiencing a period of such acute distress that their ability to cope with normal life circ*mstances is severely impaired. More
Community SupportCommunity Support Services provide an array of support services delivered by the community-based, mobile Community Support Specialists. More
Consultation and EducationConsultation and Education is a service in which the provider develops and coordinates effective mental health education, consultation, and public information programs to increase the community awareness of mental health related issues. More
Crisis Stabilization More
Emergency/Crisis ResponseEmergency/Crisis Response, or Mobile Crisis Response, is a service which allows for the assessment of and intervention in a mental health crisis. More
Intensive Community Outreach Recovery Team (ICORT More)
Inpatient Referral Services More
Outpatient ServicesIntensive Outpatient Psychiatric (IOP) Services are defined as treatment provided in the home or community to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance up to the age twenty-one (21) for family stabilization. More
Peer SupportPeer Support Services are an evidence-based mental health model of care provided by a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS). More
Psychiatric/Physician ServicesPsychiatric/Physician Services are services of a medical nature provided by medically trained personnel to address medical conditions related to the person’s mental illness or emotional disturbance. More
Pre-Evaluation Screening for Civil Commitment
Psychosocial RehabilitationPsychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) services consists of a network of services designed to support and restore community functioning and well-being of adults with a serious and persistent mental illness. More
Senior Psychosocial RehabilitationSenior Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) services are designed to serve elderly people with serious mental illness who need assistance in socialization, training for daily living skills, use of leisure time activities, or structured assistance in activities of life. More
Supervised LivingSupervised Living provides individually tailored supports which assist with the acquisition, retention, or improvement in skills related to living in the community. More
Supported LivingShared Supported Living is provided to individuals who reside in their own residences (either owned or leased) for the purposes of increasing and enhancing independent living in the community. More
Targeted Case ManagementTargeted Case Management is a service that provides information, referral, and resource coordination for individuals and/or their family or other supports. More
Supported EmploymentSupported Employment is an evidenced-based way to help a person diagnosed with a mental illness secure and keep employment. More
Programs of Assertive Community TreatmentPrograms of Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is an individual-centered, recovery-oriented mental health service delivery model for facilitating community living, psychological rehabilitation and recovery for persons who have the most severe and persistent mental illnesses, have severe symptoms and impairments, and have not benefited from traditional outpatient programs. More
Adult Map TeamsAdult Making A Plan (MAP) Teams address the needs of adults, 18 year and above, with serious mental illness or dually diagnosed who have frequent or multiple placements in inpatient psychiatric services which could possibly be prevented with the coordinated efforts of multiple agency providers and services. More

Child Services

Community SupportCommunity Support Services provide an array of support services delivered by the community-based, mobile Community Support Specialists. More
Day TreatmentDay Treatment Services are behavioral intervention and strengths-based programs that are provided in the school, mental health center, or other community location. More
Emergency/Crisis ResponseEmergency/Crisis Response, or Mobile Crisis Response, is a service which allows for the assessment of and intervention in a mental health crisis. More
Making A Plan (MAP) TeamsMaking A Plan (MAP) Teams are made up of individuals from local community agencies that work with children and youth. More
Outpatient ServicesIntensive Outpatient Psychiatric (IOP) Services are defined as treatment provided in the home or community to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbance up to the age twenty-one (21) for family stabilization. More
Peer SupportPeer Support Services are an evidence-based mental health model of care provided by a Certified Peer Support Specialist (CPSS). More
Psychiatric/Physician ServicesPsychiatric/Physician Services are services of a medical nature provided by medically trained personnel to address medical conditions related to the person’s mental illness or emotional disturbance. More
Pre-Evaluation Screening for Civil Commitment
Family Support and Education More
Day TreatmentDay Treatment Services are behavioral intervention and strengths-based programs that are provided in the school, mental health center, or other community location. More (Pre-K)
Targeted Case ManagementTargeted Case Management is a service that provides information, referral, and resource coordination for individuals and/or their family or other supports. More
Wraparound FacilitationWraparound Facilitation is a family and youth guided process that gathers individuals from different parts of the entire family’s life to create a child and family team. More
Day TreatmentDay Treatment Services are behavioral intervention and strengths-based programs that are provided in the school, mental health center, or other community location. More