Alliance Health Center

DBA Laurel Wood Center Inc

5000 Highway 39 North, Meridian, MS 39301, USA

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Alliance Health Center first began in 1961 as St. Joseph’s Hospital.  Under the guidance of the Sisters of St. Joseph, the hospital provided inpatient hospitalization for surgeries and medical/physical illnesses.  In the early 1970s, the psychiatry department was opened.  Psychiatrists provided effective use of drugs and electro-convulsive therapy in the treatment of a wide range of psychiatric disorders.  In 1977, Hospital Corporation of America (HMA) leased St. Joseph Hosital and changed the name to Meridian Regional Hospital. The nuns soon returned to Ohio and Alliance Health Center became a free standing psychiatric and drug/alcohol facility in 1989.  For over 40 years, this hospital has provided psychiatric and drug/alcohol treatment to individuals across the state of Mississippi and Alabama.

Located in Meridian, Mississippi, Alliance Health Center is  a 154 bed acute care psychiatric and substance abuse treatment hospital.  The facility offers treatment for adolescents ages 12 through 17, adults with severe mental health disorders and a separate unit “Journeys” for depression, post traumatic stress and bi-polar.  A program specifically designed for the geriatric population is offered for those experiencing signs and symptoms of dementia and severe depression due to aging issues. 

In addition to the inpatient programs the Alliance campus is home to The Crossings, a 60 bed residential treatment facility for adolescents with conduct and oppositional defiant disorders, depression, post traumatic stress (PTSD) and a program for male sexual offenders.

Alliance’s addiction services include medical detoxification, a dual diagnosis program treating the addiction and co-occurring mental health issues as well as New Leaf Recovery.  New Leaf Recovery provides a full continuum of care including partial hospitalization with lodging and intensive outpatient therapy day or evenings 3 days per week.

Alliance Health Center 5000 Highway 39 North | Meridian, MS 39301 Phone: 601.483.6211 | 877.853.3094

Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mental Health Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Detoxification
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Prescribes/administer buprenorphine and/or naltrexone

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Dialectical behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach
  • Trauma-related counseling
  • Rational emotive behavioral therapy

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Hospital inpatient
  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Hospital inpatient detoxification
  • Hospital inpatient treatment
  • Psychiatric hospital

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State department of health
  • Hospital licensing authority
  • The Joint Commission

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • State financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

Language Services

  • Services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Special Programs/Groups Offered

  • Persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders
  • Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) clients
  • Veterans
  • Active duty military
  • Military families
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Adolescents
  • Adult women
  • Adult men
  • Persons with HIV or AIDS
  • Persons who have experienced trauma
  • Persons who have experienced sexual abuse
  • Persons who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Transitional age young adults

Ancillary Services

  • Non-nicotine smoking/tobacco cessation medications
  • Alcohol Detoxification
  • Benzodiazepines Detoxification
  • Opiods Detoxification
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Contingency management/motivational incentive
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Community reinforcement plus vouchers
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Alliance Health Center

    5000 Highway 39 North, Meridian, MS 39301

Rehabilitation Process