ABOUT LIFE HELP REGION VI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
A nonprofit organization with over 40 years of experience, Life Help Region VI Mental Health Center offers a wide range of services for individuals struggling with mental health, behavioral, or substance abuse disorders. These services include residential and intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment. The main office and several gender-specific residential units are located throughout Greenwood, Miss., with additional centers in surrounding counties.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Clients begin their treatment with an intake assessment, which includes a psychosocial evaluation and the development of an individualized treatment plan. IOP services are available to help individuals with depression, anxiety, anger, and trauma, while those experiencing schizophrenia or bipolar disorder may require more intensive residential treatment. Clients with co-occurring substance abuse disorders are also recommended residential treatment and may be offered aftercare services.
Clients utilizing residential services progress from six-month-stay halfway homes to group homes and then transitional living. These programs help residents develop individual living skills through both group and one-on-one counseling. Individuals over the age of 50 may seek specialized care through day treatment or community-based nursing home psychiatric care, which include therapeutic activities such as games and the possibility for pet, garden, and music therapies.
The facility also provides additional day treatments, home-based case management, group homes, and vocational services for individuals with mental disabilities.
Children and adolescents may receive treatment at home, in their school, or through services at the main office. Family therapy is considered essential for treating children, in addition to individual and group therapy. Staff members may assist with medication management and crisis intervention services. For teenagers involved in the court system, there is an adolescent offender program (AOP).
STAFF CREDENTIALS
Life Help employs a team of highly qualified professionals, including master’s level clinicians, therapists, social workers, psychologists, and case managers.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
The availability of bed space depends on the program or type of treatment a client is receiving. While specific details about amenities are limited, one individual polled to date provided four- and five-star ratings for accommodations, cleanliness, and meals, respectively.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
At the time of this writing, one alum has provided feedback to Best-rehabs.com for Life Help. Tinna’s review is mostly positive, giving a five out of five stars rating for the level of staff support, as well as the staff’s level of respect, availability, and flexibility with switching counselors. The same reviewer also mentioned approving the visitor policy, leisure and extracurricular activities, and connectivity. They wrote: “You can be YOU and the faculty is real with you!”
Elsewhere online, there is a single review on Google for this facility to date. Wayne gave a perfect, five-star rating and commented: “Great people and services.”
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
At the time of this writing, only one loved one of a former client has responded to Best-rehabs.com. The anonymous reviewer gave two- and three-star ratings, based on a five-star scale, across all 15 surveyed categories and stated that the program “Needs improvement.” Weaknesses mentioned were “staff and conditions,” but the reviewer did mention one positive aspect, which was that the facility was “close to home.”
FINANCING
Life Help offers sliding scale fees based on each client’s financial situation. No one is turned away due to an inability to pay. The facility accepts Medicaid, Medicare, and private insurance. Additionally, there is a nonrefundable admission fee for individuals utilizing the substance abuse program.
[1] Source: Best Rehabs