Welcome to Midwest Psychological Center, Inc.

 

 

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Company Profile

 

Midwest Psychological Center, Inc. was formed in 1978 to provide mental health and social services. The professional staff includes psychiatrist, psychologists, social workers and addiction counselors.

A comprehensive range of mental health services is offered on an outpatient basis. Hospital consultation with businesses and agencies are provided upon request.

The staff at Midwest strives to provide a high quality service at a moderate cost. Our offices are centrally located in Indianapolis and are easily accessible by public transportation. Parking is free.

The Midwest Psychological Center has been committed to serving socially disadvantaged and culturally diverse populations for over 20 years. Midwest Psychological is a certified Minority Business Enterprise in Indiana and seven states.

In 1996, Midwest expanded its long term care program and developed Washington Place, a residential facility to provide services to juvenile males with the Indiana DOC and State of Indiana FSSA. We added our second residential facility, Ruckle Center, in 2003.

As the demand for correctional behavioral care shifted and the marketplace developed, Midwest Psychological Center, Inc. has concentrated on new demand and growth related mental health services, particularly in correctional facilities. We provide mental health services to the Marion County Jail system for 2,500 inmates at 5 different sites in Indianapolis, Indiana



Midwest Institute, Inc

 

Midwest Institute, Inc., a non-profit 501 C-3 affiliate of Midwest Psychological Center, Inc., provides residential group home care and indepdent living skills services to foster care in Indianapolis, Indiana. Midwest Institute, Inc. operates two long-term group homes for young males ages 8 to 21; Washington Place and the Ruckle Center. The goals of the program are to provide permanency planning and successful transition for those residents returning home or to a foster placement. We provide independent living skills for adolescents who will be achieving an independent living arrangement in the near future. Midwest Institute, Inc. has provided residential group home services and transitional living services to Marion County Department of Child Services and Marion County Superior Court, Juvenile Division since 1996.



Program Management Services

 

Correctional Mental Health Services: Mental health services including 24-hour emergency care, crisis intervention, suicide prevention, individual and group therapy, and substance abuse counseling, medication assessment, discharge planning and case management.

Residential Services: Therapeutic group home services are provided to males ages 12-20 at Washington Place Group Home and the Ruckle Center. Therapy is based on a normative model of intervention.

Clients present problems of acting out, oppositional defiant, mild mentally disabled, depression, aggression, alcohol and drug abuse, affective disorders and family discord. The program serves youth who are transitioning out of residential care or foster care.

Intensive Home-Based Family
Preservation & Reunification: Home-Based Counseling to families referred by Juvenile Authorities and Marion County Office of Family and Children Services.

Families in crisis receive services to keep families intact, reunite families, and alleviate family conflict. Services also include Mentoring, Supervised Visitation and Parenting / Bonding Assessments.

Mental Health Services: A full range of outpatient mental health services are offered for children, adolescents, adults and families. Staff includes Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Licensed Therapist, Addiction Counselors and Social Workers.

Psychological and Psychiatric services are managed under contract with correctional facilities and Job Corps. Treatment for alcohol and other drugs is also provided.

The scope of mental health services is set by each agency based upon organizational requirements and service needs. We work along with separately contracted medical health service providers while providing fully integrated mental health services.

Developmental Disabilities: Midwest Psychological Center, Inc., is qualified and has fulfilled the requirements under the Indiana Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Program

Level 1 Waiver Oversight
Behavioral Management
Community and Social Mentoring
Educational Mentoring
MR/DD Behavioral
Consultation Services
BDDS Approved Provider
AODA Services

Midwest AODA: The Midwest AODA Services Program was established to provide alcohol and other drugs of abuse (AODA) outpatient treatment services to individuals experiencing the adverse impact of alcohol and other drugs of abuse in their lives. Services are provided to the financially challenged and indigent individuals.

The Intensive Home-Based Family Preservation and Reunification Program is a home-based counseling service to families referred by juvenile authorities and the Marion County Department of Children and Family Services. Families in crisis receive services to keep families intact, reunite families, and alleviate family conflict. A variety of problems are addressed in a culturally competent format.