Mental Health Care in Spirit Lake, IA

Plains Area Mental Health Center

What Does Plains Area Mental Health Center Offer?

Plains Area Mental Health Center is a mental health facility at 710 Lake Street, Spirit Lake, Iowa, offering outpatient care and telehealth therapy. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay. 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

710 Lake Street
Spirit Lake, IA 51360

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 Plains Area Mental Health Center

Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

County or local government funds
Community Mental Health Block Grants
Community Service Block Grants
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Other State funds
Private health insurance
State corrections or juvenile justice funds
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

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
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing 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
Ages: Children/Adolescents
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Thiothixene
Thioridazine
Trifluoperazine
Aripiprazole
Asenapine
Brexpiprazole
Cariprazine
Clozapine
IIoperidone
Lurasidone
Olanzapine
Paliperidone
Quetiapine
Risperidone
Ziprasidone
Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

Screening for tobacco use
Mentoring/peer support
Assertive community treatment
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Family psychoeducation
Case management service
Integrated primary care services
Suicide prevention services
Education services

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.