Mental Health Care in Ames, IA

Eyerly Ball CMHS

What Does Eyerly Ball CMHS Offer?

Eyerly Ball CMHS is a mental health facility at 2521 University Boulevard, Suite 121, Ames, Iowa, offering outpatient care and telehealth therapy. 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, EMDR and couples and family therapy. It offers walk-in psychiatric emergency services.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

2521 University Boulevard, Suite 121
Ames, IA 50010

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 Eyerly Ball CMHS

Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Community Mental Health Block Grants
Federal Grants
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Private health insurance
Private or Community foundation
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
U.S. Department of VA 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

Activity therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Couples/family therapy
Dialectical behavior therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
Group therapy
Individual psychotherapy
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

Clients who have experienced trauma
Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
Ages: Children/Adolescents
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Prochlorperazine
Thiothixene
Aripiprazole
Asenapine
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine
Clozapine
IIoperidone
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Nicotine replacement
Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Mentoring/peer support
Assertive community treatment
Assisted Outpatient Treatment
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Psychosocial rehabilitation services
Supported housing
Case management service
Suicide prevention services
TB screening

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 Iowa lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.