MWI Health

Now, patients who have a history of trying antidepressants with failed results have a safe, fast-acting solution that is covered by insurance. Spravato® is a newly FDA approved treatment for difficult to treat depression. This medication is a variant of ketamine and is administered nasally. The FDA requires that the treatment takes place in approved centers.
MWI Health is happy to announce that it has become an approved Spravato® center. Spravato® has a very different action in the brain from commonly used antidepressants. For those suffering from depression that hasn’t responded to a number of antidepressant trials, this new treatment may be a valuable option. ​

The choice is yours: in-person care or telepsychiatry appointments, making it easy for busy professionals and people living in rural areas. We have mental health providers with immediate openings for patients in South Dakota, Minnesota and Iowa—with many insurance plans accepted. We offer comprehensive psychiatric care for all ages including children, adolescents, adults, and geriatric, and our behavioral health patients have access to a number of different providers to get the help they need. With deep experience treating conditions across the entire behavioral health spectrum—including depression, anxiety and ADD—we are here to help you start feeling better, today.

We have a caring and compassionate team of Psychiatrists and Psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNP) that regularly see patients in-person at our offices in Sioux Falls, Ames and West Des Moines as well as via telehealth. They specialize in chemical dependency treatment, depression, gene testing, ADHD, anxiety, panic, mood disorders, bipolar, OCD, agoraphobia, insomnia, sleep disorders, and PTSD.

We have licensed professional counselors with immediate openings for new patients in our clinics in Sioux Falls, Ames and West Des Moines while also offering counseling sessions from the comfort of your own home via secure videoconferencing. Taking an in-depth focus of the core issues and educated in the psychology behind people’s behaviors, our therapists, work with patients to lead them through coping with past traumas to a life filled with personal growth and hope, developing a provider/client relationship that is built on trust. Our team has extensive experience working with individuals with depression, anxiety, ADD/ADHD, trauma/PTSD, grief and reintegration after incarceration.

We have a licensed professional counselor with immediate openings for new patients in our clinic in Sioux Falls or from the comfort of your own home via secure videoconferencing. Taking an in-depth focus of the core issues and educated in the psychology behind people’s behaviors, our therapists, work with patients to lead them through coping with past traumas to a life filled with personal growth and hope, developing a provider/client relationship that is built on trust. Our team has extensive experience working with individuals having serious mental illnesses in correctional care facilities, and specializing in depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, grief, and reintegration after incarceration.

Dr. Clay J. Pavlis also offers unbiased, knowledgeable, and professional evaluations for civil matters and court-ordered forensic psychiatric and competency evaluations. Hand-chosen as the Psychiatrist for South Dakota’s 22-member Task Force on Community Justice and Mental Illness Early Intervention, which convened in 2016 to improve the state’s criminal justice system relating to individuals with mental health issues, Dr. Pavlis is recognized by many legal professionals because of his acute understanding of the legal process. As an accomplished mental health psychiatrist with years of experience providing mental health care in correctional facilities, he provides complete medical record reviews, consultations, and expert witness testimony in civil and criminal cases, combining medical knowledge and experience to answer difficult legal questions accurately and fairly.
Contact us to get started with a free forensic quote.

Dr. Pavlis, MWI’s Chief Medical Director and Psychiatrist, and his trained and qualified mental health team is experienced in providing independent psychiatric evaluations for Veteran Services, always striving to offer an unbiased, knowledgeable, and professional evaluation. We schedule quickly and provide reports in a timely manner.
Dr. Pavlis and our team of mental health providers regularly interview and report back for Veteran Competency and Pension Evaluations including issues surrounding PTSD and TBI to our nation’s heroes and workforce, working with all the major organizations contracted by the VA, including QTC, LHI, VES, and REE Medical. You may contact any of the above organizations and request us by name, or call us for more information.