Catholic Charities
409 1/2 West 7th Street, Carroll, IA 51401
Plains Area Mental Health Center Inc
Address: 318 South Maple Street, Suite 1, Carroll, IA 51401 · Map
Phone: (712) 546-4624
Website: plainsareamentalhealth.org
About Plains Area Mental Health Center Inc
Plains Area Mental Health in Carroll, Iowa provides help for adults, adolescents, and children who face mental health and substance use difficulties. The center offers outpatient programs that include counseling, clinical evaluations, and crisis assistance. Their focus is on developing individualized treatment plans that support both individuals and families in handling everyday challenges with dignity, care, and understanding.
Highly trained staff use approaches grounded in research, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and play therapy. They also deliver interpersonal therapy and solution-focused brief interventions. These varied services support people dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use disorders, helping them heal and build healthier coping strategies.
Plains Area Mental Health further includes a crisis hotline and a mobile crisis assessment team. For those experiencing severe mental illness, the center provides community-based support and in-home services. Through ongoing skill development and practical assistance, clients are supported in maintaining independence and improving quality of life at home, strengthening their ability to manage their day-to-day responsibilities.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Intensive outpatient treatment · Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment · Regular outpatient treatment
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
- Opioid treatment
- Buprenorphine maintenance · Prescribes buprenorphine · Prescribes naltrexone · Relapse prevention with naltrexone · Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Medications used
- Acamprosate (Campral®) · Disulfiram · Buprenorphine without naloxone · Naltrexone (oral) · Naltrexone (extended-release, injectable) · Medication for mental disorders · Nicotine replacement · Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
- Treatment approaches
- Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Motivational interviewing · Matrix Model · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Trauma-related counseling · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Education and counseling
- Substance use disorder education · Individual counseling · Family counseling · Marital/couples counseling
- Special programs
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Ages accepted
- Children/Adolescents · Young Adults · Seniors
- Genders accepted
- Female · Male
- Payment accepted
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs · Medicare · Medicaid · Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE) · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment · State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid · SAMHSA funding/block grants
- Licensing and accreditation
- Council on Accreditation (COA)
- Ownership
- Private non-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Housing services · Assistance with obtaining social services · Recovery coach · Mentoring/peer support · Employment counseling or training
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning
- Other services
- Case management service · Mental health services · Integrated primary care services · Suicide prevention services
- Language services
- Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Outpatient
- Substances treated
- Alcohol · Co-Occurring Disorders · Drug Addiction · Prescription Drugs
- Conditions treated
- ADHD, ADD · Anxiety · Bipolar · Depression · Suicidality · Trauma
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Dialectical Behavior Therapy · Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR) · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Life Skills · Medication-Assisted Treatment · Online Therapy
- Approaches
- Evidence-Based · Individual Treatment · Twelve Step
- Who it serves
- Adolescents · Children · Men · Older Adults · Women · Young Adults
- Aftercare
- Continuing Care · Discharge Planning · Mentoring and Peer support · Outpatient Treatment · Support Meetings
- Languages
- English
Before you call
- Have your insurance or Medicaid card ready and ask whether the facility is in network.
- Ask how soon they can do an assessment and whether there is a waitlist.
- Confirm the facility is licensed by Iowa (this facility reports accreditation).
- If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.