About Us
East Mississippi State Hospital in Meridian, Mississippi, is a behavioral health program operated by the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, providing acute psychiatric services, alcohol and drug addiction treatment services, nursing home services, and community living services that include short-term group home and supported housing services. EMSH serves 31 counties including Alcorn, Covington, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Forrest, George, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Kemper, Lamar, Lauderdale, Leake, Lowndes, Marion, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Perry, Prentiss, Scott, Smith, Tippah, Tishomingo, Wayne, Webster, and Winston.