UnityPoint Health - Eyerly Ball Penn Avenue

In Des Moines, Eyerly Ball's Penn Avenue clinic, part of UnityPoint Health, provides outpatient mental health counseling, psychiatric care, and substance use disorder (SUD) treatment. Its services address mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and co-occurring concerns in children, adolescents, and adults. Children's behavioral health services support emotional and behavioral difficulties, while community support services help adults with serious mental illness manage symptoms and daily responsibilities.

Counseling and Medication Services

Mental health counselors, addiction counselors, and psychiatric providers offer individual and group counseling, psychiatric medication management, and substance use evaluations. Penn Avenue also provides medication-assisted treatment (MAT) and operating while intoxicated (OWI) screenings. UnityPoint's broader counseling options include family therapy, play and expressive art therapy, trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), and anxiety management groups, depending on location. Therapists coordinate with other providers and adjust treatment plans as clients' needs change.

Specialized Programs and Community Support

Eyerly Ball's RESTORE program provides early psychosis treatment for clients ages 15-40 through psychiatric care, family therapy, and employment or educational support. Additional programs include community-based psychiatric treatment, crisis stabilization, and mobile crisis response across 18 Iowa counties. Residential rehabilitation operates at separate facilities. Penn Avenue offers Tuesday evening and Saturday appointments, although medication services are unavailable during those hours. Eyerly Ball accepts Medicaid, Medicare, commercial insurance, and self-pay, with sliding-scale fees available.