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.
Station · You are here
This page lists established providers across Springfield & Joplin. The marked station shows this region within the Missouri register below.
The Register
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
Specialty Care · St. Louis / St. Charles County
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). It works with many insurance plans, subject to prior authorization including MO HealthNet.
Areas served: St. Charles County and St. Louis County across the greater St. Louis metro, including St. Peters, St. Charles, O’Fallon, Wentzville, Lake Saint Louis, Cottleville and Dardenne Prairie, plus Chesterfield, Wildwood, Town and Country and Ballwin. In person at the Chesterfield and South County locations, starting with a free 30-minute consultation.
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Disclosure: Brain Recovery Centers is a recommended, sponsored partner of this directory, and the only outside clinic we link to.
If you are in a 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.