Figure C.3: State and County Psychiatric Hospitals in Iowa

Hospital Name Number of Bedsa Facility Characteristics Average Length of Stay (Days)
Independence Mental Health Institute 170 Adult
Adolescent
Children
PMICb
Adult (53)
Adolescent (79)
Children (89)
Child/Adolescent (121)
Clarinda Mental Health Institute 80 Adult
Geriatric
Adult (20)
Geriatric (1,178)
Mount Pleasant Mental Health Institute 89 Adult
Substance abuse
Dual diagnosis
Adult (40)
Substance abuse (27)
Dual diagnosis (26)
Cherokee Mental Health Institute 97 Adult
Adolescent
Children
Adult (29)
Adolescent (74)
Children (60)

Source: Iowa Council on Human Services Budget Recommendation for fiscal year 2003.

aNumber of staffed beds.
bBeds in the Psychiatric Medical Institute for Children are not acute and are not included in the total bed count.

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