Winnebago Mental Health Institute
4030 Treffert Drive
Winnebago, WI 54901
About Winnebago Mental Health Institute
Winnebago Mental Health Institute in Oshkosh, Wisconsin is a mental health institute that serves adults and youth who are struggling with behavioral health challenges.
While the core of their services focuses on mental health, there are treatments within their program if you're also experiencing substance use struggles or other co occurring disorders. For example, after an evaluation, you might be supported through medication assisted treatment to help control addiction struggles so that you can benefit from the care here.
Operating under the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, this institute helps serve both civilians and those who are involved in the criminal justice system. I
You can't walk into the facility or call to schedule an appointment, it has to be a referral. However, you can get referred here through a crisis helpline or after calling 911. Most people usually get referred here after a crisis incident.
The court system can also refer individuals here if they need a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether they can stand trial.
They have several treatment units within the Oshkosh facility. Offering both evaluations and treatments, your stay might be a couple of days, a couple of weeks, or even longer. Their different residential units will accommodate you, providing a comfortable, supportive, and highly structured environment for you to undergo treatment.
As an educator, I also appreciate that children can continue with their academics here. Their on site Waterwood School works with children in K-12 grades.
The forensic unit which works with individuals who have been referred here by the courts is supportive but it's also free of any stigmatized care.
This wing of the facility provides long term care services and is designed to help you safely integrate back into the community despite the challenges you’re facing with your mental health. Although there's minimal security here, you'll find ‘round the clock support by the caring and dedicated team in this unit.