Iowa has two Mental Health Institutes (MHI) located in Cherokee [1] and Independence [2]. Mental Health Institutes provide short term psychiatric treatment and care for severe symptoms of mental illness. The additional services at each MHI vary; details are available on the individual MHI pages.
Read about the 2015 MHI Realignment. [3]
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Links:
[1] https://dhs.iowa.gov/mhds/mental-health/in-patient/mental-health-institutes/cherokee
[2] https://dhs.iowa.gov/mhds/mental-health/in-patient/mental-health-institutes/independence
[3] https://dhs.iowa.gov/Realignment-of-MHIs
[4] https://dhs.iowa.gov/dhsuser