The Range Mental Health Center (RMHC) was the first rural community mental health center in the United States and the first in Minnesota to provide services developed specifically for persons with serious and persistent mental illness. The Center was established in 1961 and was the 16th federally designated community mental health center in the nation, and the first in Minnesota. Mental health services are provided each year to over 7,000 adults, children, and families.
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Services Offered
Outpatient Services * Psychiatric Services - Psychiatric services focus on diagnosing and treating mental disorders of adults, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders.
* Outpatient Adult Services - Outpatient therapy is offered five days per week, with extended hours on Monday and Tuesday evenings. Problems with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, social fears, and family conflict are explored in individual, marital, and family therapy sessions.
Psychological testing is also available to assess personality traits and dynamics, memory and attention processes, and general intellectual functioning.
* Outpatient Children Services - Children's services include diagnostic evaluations, individual therapy, family therapy, and comprehensive psychological assessments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, learning problems, depression, anxiety, and other problems. Information sharing with parents is a vital part of our services to children. With permission, services are also coordinated as needed with schools, physicians, probation officers, the courts, and social service agencies.
Community Support Services * Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services (ARMHS) - Adult Rehabilitative Mental Health Services are provided to the recipients either on a one-to-one basis or in group settings within the recipient's home, or in a community setting. An ARMHS worker is assigned to help the individual develop and reestablish psychiatric stability, social competencies, personal and emotional adjustment, and independent and community living skills to retain stability and functioning.
* Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment & Illness Management and Recovery - Illness Management and Recovery (IMR), and Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT or MICD) are considered by the Substance abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to be evidence-based practices for adults with serious mental illnesses. Both programs meet in a group format and are based on the recovery model of care.
The IMR program provides patients with information about mental illness and coping skills. The IDDT program incorporate IMR principles, but focuses on the simultaneous recovery from both mental illness and substance related problems. These problems can be combined with ARMHS for an even greater impact on quality of life.
* Emotional Health Skills Group - Modeled after Marsha Linehan's Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotional Health Skills Group helps individuals with mental illness that might struggle with chronic problems related to at least one of the following: > Unstable relationships > Emotion regulation > Hopelessness > Suicidal ideation > Self-injury
ADAPT RMHC's ADAPT Program provides community and school based mental health services in 15 school districts within St. Louis County, Lake County, Koochiching County, and Carleton County.
Primary prevention and intervention efforts focus on early childhood, elementary, and secondary age youth. ADAPT works collaboratively with other agencies to assist children and families with special needs, provide year round prevention and intervention services, and provide mental health services to individual youth, groups, and families.
ADAPT services include but are not limited to: * Coordination of services between home, school and other agencies * Special Education/Mental Health * Suicide Prevention/Intervention * Grief Counseling * Case Management * Family In-home Services * Diagnostic Assessments * Crisis Intervention * Teacher & Parent Consultation * Individual Skills & Therapy * Group Skills & Therapy * Family Skills & Therapy * Classroom Presentations * School Year and Summer Services * Outdoor Experiential Services * Emergency Services
Crisis Stabilization * Wellstone Center for Recovery - The RMHC Wellstone Center for Recovery is a community-based program designed to assist adults experiencing a mental health crisis or emergency. The program offers individualized services that meet the unique needs of those being served.
The program utilizes evidence-based, recovery-oriented services including: > Individualized Assessment and Treatment > Psychiatry Medication Management > Onsite Diagnostic Assessment > Onsite Alcohol and Drug Assessments (Rule 25) > Illness Management and Recovery > Integrated Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program > Family Psychoeducation > Holistic Skills Training focusing on Prevention, Wellness and Self-Care > Discharge Planning and Referrals to ongoing/follow-up services and resources
* Mobile Crisis - The Mobile Crisis Team began in September of 2014 as an additional service out of the Wellstone Crisis Stabilization Center. The mobile crisis team serves adults and children, seven days a week. The mobile crisis team provides an on-site assessment at a common entry point in the community to persons experiencing a mental health crisis.
Fees and Payment
This is a non-profit agency.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Sliding Scale Medicare Medicaid
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
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Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.