Behavioral Health Services in Alcorn County

Who is Magnolia Behavioral Health?

Magnolia Behavioral Health is a 19 bed inpatient adult and senior psychiatric unit located on the 3rd Floor North at Magnolia Regional Health Center, consisting of 10 geropsych beds and 9 adult beds. Our program offers acute stabilization, treatment and referral services, including voluntary and involuntary admissions. Our unit treats adults and seniors with a range of psychiatric illnesses in an inpatient treatment setting. Our service offers the people of Northeast Mississippi accessible, quality patient care- the core of the hospital’s mission. Our behavioral health unit will primarily focus on disorders including depression, psychosis, anxiety and chronic mental illnesses. Therapies include psychotherapy, educational groups, activity groups and family education. After discharge, a weekly aftercare group is provided. The center is not able to treat those persons with acute medical or surgical issues. Patients can be accepted by referral or referred for an assessment by an Emergency Room provider. At Magnolia Behavioral Health, patient confidentiality is stressed and carefully protected by the Magnolia Behavioral Health staff. Admissions and referrals to Magnolia Behavioral Health are accepted 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Confidential consultations are available at no charge by calling (662) 293-4280 or (800) 366-1245.

Expert staff include

Board Certified Psychiatrists
On-site Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners
Licensed Social Workers
Registered Nurses
Mental Health Technicians
Activity Therapist
Registered Dietitians
Physical and Occupational Therapy

Senior Behavioral Care

Magnolia Behavioral Health – Senior Care is a 10 bed geriatric psychiatric treatment program accepting voluntary and involuntary patients. Our mission is to help our patients and their families identify and maintain their highest level of functioning achievable. Our Senior Care program offers an acute treatment program designed to address a wide range of geriatric psychiatric disorders that require hospitalization. This highly specialized program provides acute care to geriatric patients exhibiting psychiatric symptoms. Our geropsych team is skilled at completing comprehensive assessments and intervening in highly complex cases involving psychiatric, functional and psychosocial issues.

Who are our patients?

Recent attempted suicide (within 72 hours)
Suicidal ideation
Risk of violence or dangerous assaultive behavior or other acutely uncontrolled behavior as a result of a psychiatric disorder
Self-mutilatioin behavior as a result of a psychiatric disorder
Acuse onset of exacerbation of hallucinations, delusions, and illusions that magnitude and severity of which threaten the patient’s or family’s well-being
Failed outpatient therapy
Manic state admitted for appropriate inpatient treatment
Evidence of symptoms and/or behavior or verbalizations reflecting significant risk or potential danger (or actual demonstrated danger) to self, others, or property. Must be documented a minimum of everyday
Severely impaired social, family, educational, vocational, or developmental functioning or severely disordered behavior. Acute onset of inability to cope with stressful situations

What patients are we unable to accept?

Patient is bedridden, therefore unable to participate in psychiatric milieu
The patient requires assistance from a mechanical ventilator
The patient requires IV fluids or medications (other than occasional antibiotics) or who require constant tube feedings, has central IV lines, PICC lines, or has external A-V shunt
Patient has a known, active, communicable disease which might be easily spread in a communal living environment
Patient is a moderate-to-severe developmental or physical delay, unable to understand and/or participate in an adult milieu
Recent post-operative patients who still have drains, unstable vital signs, or abnormal lab values which could pose a risk to the patient in a non-medical setting.
Patient with proven diagnosis of dementia, with no acute behavioral change or no known psychiatric disorder, and no expectation for positive response to treatment

Frequently Asked Questions

If you or a family member/friend are admitted to Magnolia Behavioral Health, you may have a few questions. Please take a minute and review the following questions/answers: How long will I be a patient on the Inpatient Mental Health Unit? Length of stay depends on many things, including the treatment plan that is designed especially for you. Your doctor and treatment team will discuss this with you in the first few days. Can I have a private room? Private rooms and semi-private rooms are available Can I make telephone calls? There are 2 patient phones on the unit where patients may make and receive telephone calls during scheduled phone times. Telephones are turned off during group and bed times. What activities will I be required /asked to participate in? Daily activities include group therapy, social activities, a daily meeting with your doctor and staff member. Can I smoke while I am on the unit? No. MRHC is a tobacco free facility, but nicotine gum and/or patches can be ordered by the physician. Contact Us

Patients & Visitors

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Patients and Visitors

Patient Forms

If you are a new patient visiting one of our clinics, please take the time to fill out the New Patient Demographic form below. Our goal is to save you valuable time during your visit, so by completing the form before your visit, you can help us help you. We look forward to seeing you in one of our clinics soon.

Magnolia Regional Health Center Visitation Guidelines

Welcome to Magnolia Regional Health Center. We are honored that your loved one has chosen MRHC as his or her healthcare provider. Our goal is to provide excellent care to our patients and guests. During your visit to MRHC, please remember that creating a healing environment for your loved one is our priority. Because we care about our patients and guests, we provide you with the following information and guidelines.

Important! View our Visitor Policy page.

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Helpful Tips

Please wash your hands before and after entering a patient’s room.
If you have recently been sick, please do not visit unless necessary and ask the nurse at the desk for a mask.
We are a tobacco-free facility. NO TOBACCO USE IS PERMITTED ON OUR CAMPUS. This includes smokeless tobacco, as well as cigars and cigarettes.
Only one overnight visitor may stay in a patient room.
Visitors are required to be appropriately dressed at all times, including shirts and shoes.
Do not wear strong perfumes and lotions.
Pets are not permitted in patient rooms, except Service Animals.
Please share any information you consider essential to care for your loved one.
Speak up if you (1) have questions or concerns; (2) notice significant changes in your or your loved one’s medical condition; (3) do not understand the explanation given to you.
Chaplains are available to any patient upon request.
Interpreters are available to any non-English speaking patients upon request.
Be aware of the quiet hour for your visiting floor, and be respectful.
Please leave your valuables or personal items at home, such as money, jewelry, and electronic devices. The hospital is not responsible for visitors’ valuables.
Local phone calls are unlimited from the bedside phone in inpatient rooms. Any long-distance calls must be made to collect, charged to a calling card, or charged to a third-party number.

Special guidelines for MICU & SICU

Only two guests should visit these areas during approved visiting hours. However, visitors may swap outside the unit to allow others to see the patient. See the visiting hours schedule below for details.
Each patient has the right to have a family member, friend, or other designated person present for emotional support during their stay unless this person infringes on another’s rights or safety or is medically or therapeutically contraindicated.
No flowers, plants, personal clothing, blankets, pillows, or linens from home should be taken into the patient rooms.
Children under 12 should not be present in the intensive care waiting areas.

Notice from DNV

Patients can contact The DNV with a safety concern as follows:

Online: DNV Healthcare Portal for patient complaints.
Fax: 281-870-4818
Mail: DNV Healthcare USA Inc., Attn. Hospital Complaints, 4435 Aicholtz Road, Suite 900, Cincinnati, OH 45245

Reports of patient safety events to The DNV must include the healthcare organization’s name, street address, city, and state.

In evaluating a report, the DNV may share information with the organization that is the report’s subject. However, DNV policy forbids accredited organizations from taking retaliatory actions against employees for reporting safety/quality of care concerns to the DNV.

Patient safety reports can be submitted anonymously and confidentially. However, those who provide their name and contact information enable The DNV to contact them for more information, if necessary, and to confirm how the report is handled.

The DNV also has an automated safety line, 866-496-9647, where you can get computerized instructions on how to file a safety report or concern.

Intensive Care Visiting Hours

If you choose to visit after 9:00 p.m., you must enter through the Emergency Department doors and register with security.

6:00 am – 6:30 am
10:00 am – 11:00 am
2:00 pm – 2:30 pm
5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Food Services

For Cafeteria Hours, please view our Food & Nutrition Services page.

Please help to keep our waiting areas and patient rooms neat by placing trash in the garbage cans.
Guest Trays are available for a nominal fee, so please call ext. 1134 for assistance with ordering.
Please remember that full meals are not served in our intensive care units; therefore, visitors should eat meals outside the unit.

Vending machines are located throughout the hospital, including in the SICU waiting area, cafeteria, Emergency Department, and Medical Office Building on the basement level.

Contact Information

To Reach Security: Dial 293-1600 | Operator: Dial 293-1000

For additional contact information please view our phone directory.

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