East Central Behavioral Health

211 4th Street, Brookings, SD 57006, USA

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East Central Behavioral Health (ECBH) is a private nonprofit [501(c)(3)] community behavioral health center established in 1971. The ECBH main office is located in Brookings, SD. The raison d'être for ECBH is to provide comprehensive behavioral health services in Brookings County, South Dakota and surrounding areas. Services “reach” throughout the region, with an array of options provided to nursing homes and in the homes and communities of people with whom ECBH staff work.

Brookings County has a population of ≈ 30,000 and a “school year” population of ≈ 42,000. For most of the year, it is the 3rd largest county (by population) in South Dakota. The majority of the population lives in the city of Brookings (≈ 20,000). South Dakota State University, located in the city of Brookings, serves more than 12,000 full- & part-time students. Six small towns located in or proximate to Brookings County bring the “effective service population” to ≈ 50,000.

ECBH employs qualified staff licensed or certified in appropriate areas of behavioral health. The comprehensive scope of practice for ECBH professionals allow for identification, diagnosis, treatment and alleviation of identified behavioral health problems and issues.

Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Do not use medication for opioid addiction
  • Accepts clients on opioid medication

Facility Type

Treatment Approaches

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

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking permitted in designated area

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

  • Outpatient
  • Intensive outpatient treatment
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • State mental health department
  • State department of health

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)
  • IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds
  • Federal, or any government funding for substance abuse programs

Emergency Mental Health Services

Payment Assistance Available

Language Services

  • Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Ancillary Services

  • Treatment for gambling disorder
  • Individual counseling offered
  • Group counseling offered
  • Family counseling offered
  • Marital/couples counseling offered
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Martix Model
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Children/adolescents
  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • DUI/DWI clients
  • East Central Behavioral Health

    211 4th Street, Brookings, SD 57006

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