Services provided by Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center
EMCMHC accepts private insurance and limited-income clients may also qualify for the Montana Health and Economic Livelihood Partnership (HELP) Program. For limited-income clients who do not qualify for the HELP Program, we offer a sliding-fee scale. EMCMHC also accepts Medicaid, Medicare and Veteran’s Administration clients. Service shall not be refused to any person requiring treatment because of inability to pay.
Mental Health Services
Outpatient Services:
- Mental Health Assessment/Individual & Group Therapy
- Veterans Affairs Services
- Medication Management
- Case Management
- Anger Management
- Community-Based Psychiatric Recovery Services
- Comprehensive School and Community Treatment Program (CSCT)
- Community Rehab & Support Services (Day Treatment)
- Montana Assertive Community Treatment (MACT) Services
- Peer Support Services
- Crisis/Emergency Services
Substance Abuse and Dependency Services (SADS)
Outpatient Services:
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Mental Health Services
Outpatient Services
Mental Health Assessment/Individual & Group Therapy
Outpatient services are designed to assist the client with mental health issues when hospitalization is not required. Clients receive outpatient services at all EMCMHC clinical offices to help the client better understand and cope with personal, family or vocational difficulties. This service, by far the largest of the Center, may be delivered to children or adults in an individual, group, or family setting and may include psychotherapy, diagnosis and evaluation, medication management, and home visits, depending on the individual needs of the client. Outpatient services are available in person or via teleservices from your home.
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Veterans Affairs Services
EMCMHC contracts with the Montana Veterans Health Administration Behavioral Health Department to provide mental health services for all eligible veterans. These services include assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of mental disorders.
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Medication Management
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center believes that appropriate medication can help people with mental illness recover and maintain their recovery. EMCMHC partners with Frontier Psychiatry to offer psychiatric and medication management services to adults and children.
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Case Management
Intensive Case Management is a supportive community-based service which seeks to maximize an individual’s personal abilities and enable growth in some or all aspects of a person’s vocational, residential, social and health related environments. Priority is placed on providing personal support and guidance in helping the person acquire and use comprehensive resources in his or her natural community.
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Anger Management
EMCMHC is now offering a 12 week/40 hour pyschoeducational Anger Management course facilitated by Licensed clinicians who have recognized the immense need of having an accessible and affordable Anger Management group that will meet the requirements of those individual’s mandated and/or court ordered to complete an Anger Management program, but also learn to manage anger effectively, stop violence or threat of violence, and develop self-control over thoughts and actions. Most importantly we want to provide a safe and healthy environment for those who have been while receiving support from peers as well as those professional’s facilitating the group.
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Community-Based Psychiatric Recovery Services
EMCMHC provides services in home, school, workplace, and community settings for adults with severe and disabling mental illness and youth with serious emotional disturbance. Services are provided by trained mental health personnel under the direction of and according to individualized treatment plans prepared by licensed professionals. These services are provided outside of normal clinical or mental health program settings and are designed to assist individuals in developing the skills, behaviors, and emotional stability necessary to live successfully in the community. Community-based psychiatric rehabilitation and support services are provided on a face-to-face basis with the client’s family members, teachers, employers or other key individuals in the client’s life when such contacts are clearly necessary to meet goals established in the client’s person centered plan of care.
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Comprehensive School and Community Treatment Program (CSCT)
Comprehensive School and Community Treatment (CSCT) Programs are intended to promote student’s positive involvement in community, school, and home while affording the opportunity to receive specialized mental health services in the least restrictive treatment environment possible. Quality CSCT programs reduce risk factors while focusing on the enhancement of protective factors in the lives of youth, by partnering with local school districts.
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Community Rehab & Support Services (Day Treatment)
CRSS is provided to the client who requires more services than can be provided on an outpatient basis, but less than full hospitalization. EMCMHC operates CRSS programs located in Glendive and Miles City. Clients in this program are involved in a wide range of therapeutic services including socialization activities, group therapy, training in community living, occupational therapy, supportive therapy and recreation.
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Montana Assertive Community Treatment (MACT) Services
The Montana Assertive Community Treatment (MACT) Team uses a behavioral health service delivery model that facilitates community living, psychosocial rehabilitation, and recovery for clients whose health has not improved with traditional outpatient services. MACT focuses on a holistic approach and includes physical health and well-being not only mental health. The MACT Team consists of a therapist, medication prescriber, nurse, peer support specialists, care coordinator, paraprofessional and administrative leadership. MACT clients must have severe disabling mental illness (SDMI).
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Peer Support Services
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center applied for and was awarded a grant from the Montana Healthcare Foundation to begin implementation of a peer support project to develop and implement peer crisis support services to assist people who are struggling with mental illness, substance abuse disorders, and other co-occurring health disorders in eastern Montana. Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center has partnered with Montana’s Peer Network and regional hospitals, law enforcement agencies, and social service agencies to implement this program.
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center offers Peer Support Services in Custer, Rosebud, Dawson, Richland, Sheridan and Valley Counties. The peer support system was designed to provide a peer support network to assist people with any number of issues, such as substance abuse, mental health or even trauma, based on the lived experiences of the peer support specialist. Peer support is not intended to replace professional care by a mental health provider, but rather to facilitate access to support from people who have shared similar experiences with substance abuse, mental health and so on. Peer Support Specialists promote the recovery concepts of hope, self-advocacy, education, peer support and personal responsibility at no cost. The costs are paid for through the grant from the Montana Healthcare Foundation.
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Crisis/Emergency Services
EMCMHC provides walk-in crisis services at its staffed offices, M-F from 8:00 am-5:00 pm. EMCMHC partners with Avel eCare and regional law enforcement and first responders to provide mobile crisis services 24/7 across Custer, Dawson, Valley and Richland counties. EMCMHC’s crisis care manager(s) work with 988 to provide individuals and families in crisis, throughout EMCMHC’s 17 county service region, access to behavioral health care services.
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Residential Services
Group Home
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center operates three Waiver Group Home facilities for mentally ill adults. Two in Miles City and one in Glendive. These facilities are designed to provide long term services to clients with a severe and disabling mental illness in a community setting. Montana Medicaid Members can access the waiver if they have an approved SDMI diagnosis and level of impairment, and are 18 years of age or order.
The family-like atmosphere of our Group Homes is a major therapeutic tool, providing increased quality of life and continued growth. Residential treatment in a group home helps people with psychiatric disorders repair self-esteem, build skills, develop relationships, and learn to manage their mental health symptoms. During their stay at our Group Homes, clients are involved in several facets of the Center’s treatment program to aid the person in returning to independent living.
EMCMHC Group Homes offer:
- 24-hour group living
- Private bedrooms
- Private and semi-private bathrooms
- Home-cooked, nutritional meals
- On-site laundry facility
- Free internet
- ADA compliant
- Walking distance to shopping, banks, parks and theater
Potential Residents must meet the following criteria:
- Must meet SDMI criteria.
- Must be eligible for Medicaid.
- Must qualify for HCBS SDMI Waiver Program
The application process: Fill out the forms completely and fax or mail to Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center. Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center will contact either the referral source or individual seeking treatment to set up a screening interview via telephone. Once an application is approved an admission date will be set.
FORMS
You will need to complete the following forms:
Patients
- Intake Application
- Release of Information (Medical, Mental Health, and Legal if applicable)
Substance Abuse and Dependency Services (SADS)
Outpatient Services
Chemical Dependency Assessment/Individual & Group Therapy
SADS provides substance abuse treatment services in all seventeen counties covered by Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center. The services include an outpatient program, which includes an evaluation, assessment, and/or referral, crisis intervention, prevention and education, and ACT/DUI and Minor in Possession classes. Groups include Cognitive Principals & Restructuring, After Care, Moral Recognition Therapy, Thinking For A Change and Matrix Model. Services are provided by qualified, state-certified substance abuse counselors. Co-occurring Treatment and Medication Management are also available. Chemical Dependency services are available in person or via teleservices from your home.
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Medication Management
EMCMHC partners with Frontier Psychiatry to offer Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) for opioid or alcohol use disorders. This partnership with Frontier Psychiatry allows for the coordinated care of individuals with substance use disorders and medication management with an evidence-based, comprehensive approach.
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Veterans Affairs Services
EMCMHC contracts with the Montana Veterans Health Administration Behavioral Health Department to provide substance abuse treatment for all eligible veterans. These services include assessment, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of substance abuse disorders.
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DUI/MIP Classes
Montana law requires those convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs to complete the Assessment, Course and Treatment (ACT) program. This applies to the first three DUI convictions only. Fourth or subsequent DUIs are considered felonies and subject to a different set of penalties.
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center must have received the court referral form prior to enrollment. You will be scheduled to complete the 12-hour Prime for Life class. Online classes are held monthly. Prior to the Prime for Life class you will be scheduled for an individual assessment. During your exit interview your qualified, state-certified substance abuse counselor will make treatment recommendations. Failure to enroll by the enrollment date indicated on the court referral form or failure to complete the ACT program may result in being reported to the court as non-compliant.
If an individual has been convicted with two or more DUI/DUI per se offenses in the past 10 years, State law requires the individual complete some level of treatment, as well as monthly monitoring for one year.
Please note that classes offered by www.duiprocess.com are not Montana state approved and may not fulfill your court ordered requirement.
Peer Support Services
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center applied for and was awarded a grant from the Montana Healthcare Foundation to begin implementation of a peer support project to develop and implement peer crisis support services to assist people who are struggling with mental illness, substance abuse disorders, and other co-occurring health disorders in eastern Montana. Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center has partnered with Montana’s Peer Network and regional hospitals, law enforcement agencies, and social service agencies to implement this program.
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center offers Peer Support Services in Custer, Rosebud, Dawson, Richland, Sheridan and Valley Counties. The peer support system was designed to provide a peer support network to assist people with any number of issues, such as substance abuse, mental health or even trauma, based on the lived experiences of the peer support specialist. Peer support is not intended to replace professional care by a mental health provider, but rather to facilitate access to support from people who have shared similar experiences with substance abuse, mental health and so on. Peer Support Specialists promote the recovery concepts of hope, self-advocacy, education, peer support and personal responsibility at no cost. The costs are paid for through the grant from the Montana Healthcare Foundation.
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Substance Abuse Prevention Services
Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center’s Substance Abuse and Dependency Services include Prevention Services throughout Eastern Montana. Eastern Montana Community Mental Health Center’s Prevention Services are a statewide collaboration dedicated to strengthening our states healthy development, well-being and the safety of children, families, individuals and communities particularly children and families at risk. Prevention efforts focused on young people results in healthier lives, families, communities, and economics.
The program goals aim to reduce the impact of underage drinking, binge drinking, drinking and driving, prescription drug abuse and other emerging drug trends in the rural and frontier communities of Eastern Montana. To achieve these goals our Substance Abuse Prevention Specialists offer a diverse approach to SAMHSA’s Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Technology’s prevention strategies, which include:
- Information Dissemination
- Alternative Activities
- Environmental Prevention
- Multi-Agency Collaboration and Coordination
- Prevention Education
Through these strategies, many services are available to area organizations, businesses, schools and other entities through the development of community media campaigns, alcohol policies and procedures, alcohol sales and service trainings, and collaboration. Pairing these services with coordinated efforts among other agencies who promote public health helps reduce problem behavior and risk factors which are brought on by substance abuse.
