Mental Health Care in Madison, WI

UnityPoint Health/Meriter Hospital

What Does UnityPoint Health/Meriter Hospital Offer?

UnityPoint Health/Meriter Hospital is a mental health facility at 202 South Park Street, Madison, Wisconsin, offering outpatient care, partial hospitalization and hospital inpatient care. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, TRICARE and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT, DBT and couples and family therapy.

202 South Park Street
Madison, WI 53715

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.

Types of Care at UnityPoint Health/Meriter Hospital

  • Hospital inpatient/24-hour hospital inpatient
  • Outpatient
  • Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • County or local government funds
  • IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
  • 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 mental health agency (or equivalent) funds
  • State welfare or child and family services funds

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Activity therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Dialectical behavior therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Persons experiencing first-episode psychosis
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Adults

Medications Used

  • Haloperidol
  • Aripiprazole
  • Cariprazine
  • IIoperidone
  • Lurasidone
  • Olanzapine
  • 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
  • Chronic disease/illness management
  • Diet and exercise counseling
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Psychosocial rehabilitation services
  • Case management service
  • Integrated primary care services
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Education 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 Wisconsin lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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