Program areas at Ozark Center
Outpatient psychiatric services provide services to 10,836 individuals annually. Services are provided by psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, licensed psychologists, licensed clinical social workers, and counselors. Services include psychiatric assessment and evaluation, medication management, individual, family, and group therapy and testing.
Will's place, developed by Ozark Center and freeman health system in conjunction with the Missouri department of mental health, provide comprehensive behavioral health services to newborns through age 25. Licensed therapists offer a variety of treatment programs alone a continuum of care for children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. All services, developmentally and age appropriate are responsible to the child's needs.
The community care program focuses on services to individuals in our community diagnosed with a chronic mental illness. 2,413 individuals were served this year. The organization strives to assist them in maintaining a life of dignity in the least restrictive environment possible. Living arrangements may span from living in a community apartment to living in a residential care facility. Ozark Center operates a 16 bed residential care facility in joplin. Areas of assistance include: teaching patients coping skills, daily living skills, budgeting, how to access supports available in our community, and vocational rehabilitation supports.