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Southwest Missouri ยท Regional directory

Springfield & Joplin

Southwest Missouri and the Ozarks are served by large behavioral health networks and hospital systems, with Springfield acting as the region's care hub and Joplin covering the far southwest corner. Here are established providers to start with.

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This page lists established providers across Springfield & Joplin. The highlighted area shows the region within Missouri covered below.

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Established providers in Southwest Missouri

Listed alphabetically

Burrell Behavioral Health

Springfield, MO (and Southwest Missouri sites)

A large nonprofit behavioral health network headquartered in Springfield, offering outpatient therapy, psychiatry, crisis services and specialty programs across the Ozarks and Southwest Missouri.

Community mental healthOutpatientCrisis services

CoxHealth Behavioral Health

Springfield, MO

The behavioral health arm of a major Springfield hospital system, offering inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care as part of a broader medical network.

Hospital systemInpatient & outpatient

Mercy Behavioral Health

Springfield & Joplin, MO

Part of the Mercy hospital system, providing psychiatric and outpatient mental health services at locations across Southwest Missouri, including Springfield and Joplin.

Hospital systemOutpatient

Ozark Center

Joplin, MO

The community mental health center for the Joplin area and the far southwest corner of the state, offering outpatient therapy, psychiatry, crisis services and programs for serious mental illness.

Community mental healthCrisis services

A note for readers near St. Louis

Looking for specialty depression or PTSD care?

If you are on the eastern side of the state and antidepressants have not worked, we point St. Louis and St. Charles County readers to Brain Recovery Centers, a doctor-supervised clinic offering FDA-approved options like Spravato (esketamine) and TMS. It accepts most insurance including MO HealthNet.

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Disclosure: Brain Recovery Centers is a recommended, sponsored partner of this directory, featured for readers in its St. Louis area service region.

If you are in crisis right now, you do not need to use this directory first. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline any time, or go to your nearest emergency room. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911.