Treatment Philosophy and Goals

Comprehensive Mental Health Services, Inc. understands that alcohol, drug and gambling addictions are illnesses affecting not only the addicted person, but also those in a relationship with him or her.

These illnesses can be treated effectively. Treatable chemical addiction means helping all those involved learn new behavior patterns, new attitudes and new ways of communicating. The addicted person is directed to learn to accept responsibility for behaviors and attitudes which can curtail abstinence and ongoing recovery.

For over 30 years, our addiction recovery clients have received treatment which best meets their individual clinical needs. We offer culturally specific services including education, prevention, intervention, an intensive outpatient program, a residential program, day treatment, housing and job resources, CSTAR adolescent and a case management system.

CMHS Provides Many Services

Education/Prevention

This unique program allows professional counselors to work in schools and teach drug resistance and prevention to middle and senior high school students. This prevention program is funded by COMBAT, the Jackson County Anti-Drug Sales Tax.

Public Education provides community education and workshops to residents of the community with the goal of preventing alcohol and drug addiction.

Intervention and Assessment

Case Management is provided to clients as advocacy to help individuals and their families with community support designed to help them live successful drug free lives.

Residential Treatment Services are provided at our Gateway facility and at Renaissance West. The program averages 30 days and also provides job training, housing and assistance. Additionally, it provides treatment for the chemical addiction/mental illness, and/or homelessness.

Outpatient Services includes individual, family and group counseling and psycho-educational groups. Services and programming range in intensity to meet the individual’s identified need.

Adolescent CSTAR provides multi-level adolescent chemical absue treatment services in an intensive day treatment program followed up by several less intensive levels of individualized care including in-home services and family counseling.

Emergency and Intake Services

Services are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at our access/crisis services unit and regular intake services are available Monday through Friday at our main office.

Obtaining Services

For more information, please call CMHS at 816/254-3652, or Renaissance West at 816/333-2990, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. for an appointment. If you need to talk with someone after business hours, the phone is answered 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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