Winnebago Mental Health Institute
Provider overview
Winnebago Mental Health Institute is a Wisconsin state psychiatric hospital in Oshkosh. It treats people of different ages with complex psychiatric and behavioural conditions, including some patients with co-occurring substance-use needs. It is not a general walk-in addiction rehabilitation centre.
Admission and services
Patients are admitted through county health and human-services agencies or the court system. The hospital does not accept walk-ins. Its civil and forensic units provide assessment, stabilisation, psychiatric treatment and competency-related services; a youth unit serves children and adolescents with psychiatric, behavioural or developmental needs. Effective 31 March 2026, admissions are being accepted at Gordon Hall during a long-term construction project.
Costs
The state’s public pages do not publish a standard patient price or programme duration. Referral agencies and the admissions office should confirm eligibility, legal authority, financial responsibility and anticipated care arrangements.
Sources and verification
Wisconsin DHS: WMHI patients and services and official contact and temporary admissions information, checked 13 September 2026. This profile summarises state-published information and is not an independent clinical assessment.