About North Mississippi State Hospital
North Mississippi State Hospital provides state of the art residential care and aftercare support for adults experiencing mental illness, including those with co-occurring disorders such as addiction. Located in scenic Tupelo, Mississippi, they offer phased treatment using a strengths based model of recovery.
I like that they prioritize whole person healing through an integrative approach that relies on the expertise of a multidisciplinary team of physicians, psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, and case managers. In addition to psychotherapy and pharmacotherapy, clients will engage in robust recovery education.
A core component of their treatment model is clients’ development of critical life skills designed to help residents reintegrate into the home, workforce, and community wherever possible. Clients learn vital social and emotional skills to manage stress, support healthy problem solving, facilitate communication, and manage triggers.
Clients also engage in recreational therapy programs to help them build social relationships and boost self confidence. Recreational therapy helps clients learn healthy and interesting ways to relax and have fun.
Another thing that stands out to me is their emphasis on patient and family empowerment. Clients are encouraged to participate in weekly meetings with their care team in order to play an active role in their treatment and recovery.
Likewise, families and caregivers receive significant support and education to enable them to promote their loved one’s healing while also learning to practice self-care. Their family programs help clients cultivate strong support networks without the formation of unhealthy co-dependencies.
Their continuing care model includes support in accessing necessary social services before and after the client’s discharge from residential care. This may include vocational training, supportive employment, housing assistance, and outpatient mental health care and addiction recovery services.
Payment Options
- Private Insurance
- Self-pay options
- Financial aid
- Sliding scale payment assistance
- Medicare
- Military insurance
- Military Insurance
Levels of Care
Inpatient
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.
Programs
Adult program
Young adult program
Elderly program
Hearing impaired program
Total Beds
50
Treatment
Mental Health
Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.
Group Therapy
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
Individual Therapy
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.