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Benton County Mental Health - Adult Outpatient Care

Adult Outpatient Program

All adults of Benton County may obtain mental health services through our outpatient program. Telephone or face-to-face consultations are offered to help individuals identify strategies and resources tailored to meet their needs. When treatment is indicated with Benton County Mental Health, a qualified mental health professional will work with individuals with specific treatment goals. Most people are able to get their needs met with 10 sessions or less. Our qualified mental health professional can help individuals access local community services, teach strategies used to manage symptoms, and will help develop comprehensive aftercare plans following completion of treatment.

For individuals with serious and persistent mental health illness; Benton County Mental Health offers assistance with obtaining such things as SSI, disability, housing, and vocational services in addition to intensive and comprehensive mental health treatment.

Our service goal is to stabilize and improve the quality of life for consumers. We embrace the idea that recovery is possible for all.

Outpatient Services

Outpatient Services are designed to:

• Provide some level of support to all who ask;
• Ensure those most vulnerable and in crisis have priority access;
• Focus first on individualized resource development, self sufficiency and supportive case management;
• Focus on and promote recovery by teaching and encouraging individuals in using community resources and natural supports to manage symptoms;
• Provide case management services to help clients use natural supports and self help strategies as the initial intervention prior to enrollment in more traditional therapy services;
• Rapidly address diagnostic symptomology in order to help clients regain functioning and begin utilizing natural community supports for ongoing management of their mental illness;
• Provide long-term aftercare to those with severe mental illness in the form of outreach, skill building, medication management, consultation, coaching, education and support.

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Crisis Services

Benton County Mental Health offers a 24-hour crisis hotline for those who are experiencing a mental health crisis. Anyone can call this hotline. You do not have to be a client of Benton County Mental Health. All calls are confidential and handled by a qualified Mental Health Professional.

24-Hour Crisis Hotline
1.888.232.7192

Psychiatric Services

In order to receive psychiatric services through Benton County Mental Health an assigned Qualified Mental Health Professional will make a referral on your behalf. Referrals to a psychiatrist may take up to three weeks depending upon the urgency of the situation and availability of appointments.

Our psychiatrists are also available for consultation to other medical professionals. Medical professionals interested in speaking to one of our psychiatrists can call 541.766.6835 and ask to speak to the Medical Director.

Links

• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
• National Mental Health Association (NMHA)
• Oregon Office of Mental Health & Addiction Services (DHS)
• Mental Health InfoSource Index of Disorder

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