Mental Health Care in West Des Moines, IA

UCS Healthcare

What Does UCS Healthcare Offer?

UCS Healthcare is a mental health facility at 1300 Woodland Avenue, West Des Moines, 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. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR and couples and family therapy.

Reviewed by Anxiety Help Editorial Team ·October 5, 2026

1300 Woodland Avenue
West Des Moines, IA 50265

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 UCS Healthcare

Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

Community Service Block Grants
Medicare
Medicaid
Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
Other State funds
Private health insurance
Cash or self-payment
State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
U.S. Department of VA funds
Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

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

Who the Program Serves

Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
Clients who have experienced trauma
Ages: Children/Adolescents
Ages: Young Adults
Ages: Adults
Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

Chlorpromazine
Droperidol
Fluphenazine
Haloperidol
Loxapine
Perphenazine
Pimozide
Prochlorperazine
Thiothixene
Thioridazine
Trifluoperazine
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
Court-ordered outpatient treatment
Integrated primary care services
HIV testing
STD testing
TB screening
Testing for Hepatitis B (HBV)
Testing for Hepatitis C (HCV)
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 Iowa lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.