Mental Health Care in Merrillville, IN

Regional Health Systems: Strawhun Center

What Does Regional Health Systems: Strawhun Center Offer?

Regional Health Systems: Strawhun Center is a mental health facility at 8555 Taft Street, Merrillville, Indiana, offering outpatient care, telehealth therapy and hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay and offers a sliding fee scale and payment assistance. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

8555 Taft Street
Merrillville, IN 46410

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Regional Health Systems: Strawhun Center

Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

County or local government funds
Community Mental Health Block Grants
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Private health insurance
State corrections or juvenile justice funds
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
State mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
State welfare or child and family services funds
Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Crisis and Emergency Services

Crisis intervention team
Psychiatric emergency onsite services
Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
Psychiatric emergency walk-in services

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

Cognitive behavioral therapy
Couples/family therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Group therapy
Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
Individual psychotherapy
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Who the Program Serves

Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
Ages: Children/Adolescents
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Language Services

Spanish

Licensing and Accreditation

Federally Qualified Health Center

Medications Used

Haloperidol
Aripiprazole
Cariprazine
Clozapine
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Diet and exercise counseling
Family psychoeducation
Case management service
Integrated primary care services
Suicide prevention services
Metabolic syndrome monitoring
Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Indiana lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.