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How mental health care works in Georgia
If you're in crisis right now — or someone you love is — call or text 988, or call the Georgia Crisis & Access Line at 1-800-715-4225. Real people answer 24/7, they can talk you through tonight, and they can send a mobile crisis team instead of police in many situations.
For ongoing counseling, Georgia's community service boards offer therapy and psychiatry on a sliding scale — you don't need insurance. Be ready for a waitlist for regular appointments; crisis lines never have one. Some nonprofits and training clinics offer free or cheap counseling with shorter waits — ask 211 what's open near you.
What to expect when you call: a screening conversation (10–20 minutes) about what's going on, then an intake appointment. Saying "I'm in crisis" moves you faster. You can ask for a Spanish-speaking counselor.
Bristol Hospice, LLC provides hospice care for people with a life-limiting illness or injury. Their team helps with pain and symptom control, nursing visits, home health aides, counseling, spiritual support, respite care, supplies, medicines, and support for family caregivers.
10 services
VictimConnect Resource Center is a program of the National Center for Victims of Crime. It helps victims and survivors of any crime in the United States by phone, text, and online chat with emotional support, safety planning, information about rights, and referrals to local resources.
2 services
THRIVE Lifeline is a trans-led nonprofit that offers non-police, non-carceral crisis and mental health support for adults with marginalized identities. Its official site says the text lifeline is temporarily down while they raise funds, and it points people to partner peer support groups, Discord communities, coping guides, and Stronger U programs in the meantime.
6 services
Atlanta Quality Care Solutions, LLC is a mental health and substance use treatment provider in Conyers, Georgia. They help children, adults, and families with counseling, psychiatric treatment, medication management, intensive outpatient care, family-based services, partial hospitalization, and peer wellness support.
6 services