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Western State Hospital
Hopkinsville, KY
Accepting as of 08/11/2025
Established in 1854, Western State Hospital is an inpatient psychiatric hospital that serves the 34 counties making up the Western Kentucky region.
Populations Served
- Age
- Adult
- Gender
- Female
- Male
- Pregnant / Postpartum
- First Responders
- Veterans/Military
- Health Care Professionals
- Teachers
- Preferred Language
- English
- Spanish
- American Sign Language
- Disabled
- Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Blind & Visualy Impaired
- Physical Disability
- Intellectual or other Developmental Disability
- Brain Injury
- Other Mental Disability
- Current Substance Use
- Currently Receiving Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD)
- Correctional/Legal
- Allows individuals with correctional history
Accreditation and Licensure
Joint Commission
Service Types
Mental Health Treatment
Treatment Types
Accepting Patients
Not Accepting Patients
- Inpatient
- Residential
- Short Term
- Residential
Treatment Services
- Individual Therapy
Policies
Referral / Admission
Referral process
- Petition filled out, medical stability confirmed, then a referral from local CMHC to certify that this person meets criteria for involuntary hospitalization
Admission criteria
- person is a mentally ill person: (1) Who presents a danger or threat of danger to self, family or others as a result of the mental illness; (2) Who can reasonably benefit from treatment; and (3) For whom hospitalization is the least restrictive alternative mode of treatment presently available.
Referral required
Tobacco Policy
Smoking not allowed
Dipping not allowed
E cigarettes not allowed
Smoking cessation products allowed
Smoking Cessation Aids Available at Facility
Other Requirements / Policies
HIV Screening Offered
Payment and Amenities
- Medicaid
- Aetna
- Anthem
- Humana
- Passport
- WellCare
- United Healthcare Community Plan
- Medicare
- Private Insurance
- Payment Plan
- Military Insurance / Tri-Care
Facility
Facility Type
- Non-profit
Additional Services & Programs
- Peer Support / Peer Recovery Program
- Social Services
- Interpreting Services
- Involuntary Treatment (202a Tim's Law)